Name:
Jacobs, Jacob
Name (Yiddish):
זשאַקאָבס, זשאַקאָב
Born:
June 2, 1890 (Risk, Hungry)
Died:
1977 (USA)
Note:
Born Yakob Yakobovitsh
Related information in folder 359:
Document type:
Email
Author:
Pavel Greenberg
Date:
7/22/2005
Comments:
Detail dealing with question of Jacob Jacobs birthplace.
Also, article titled "Jacob Jacobs, an appreciation, by Robert Freedman. Written in 2001.
Also correspondence from Adam Corson-Finnerty to Jacob's grandson, Jeffrey Keil.
Also, entries from the Lexicon of the Yiddish Theater, dealing with Jacob Jacobs and members of his family.

Songs written or composed

A Bisele Frier — אַ ביסעלע פֿריִער

Also known as:
A Bisl Frier
Author:
Jacobs, Jacob — זשאַקאָבס, זשאַקאָב
Author:
Jacobs, Jacob — זשאַקאָבס, זשאַקאָב
Composer:
Olshanetsky, Alexander — אָלשאַנעצקי, אַלעקסאַנדער
Composer:
Olshanetsky, Alexander — אָלשאַנעצקי, אַלעקסאַנדער
Genre:
Theatre/Humorous
Subject:
Love/Women/Appearance/Regret/Men
Additional song notes:
Why Didn't I Meet You Earlier?
Sheet music:
Folder:
591
Series:
4
Arranged for:
Voice/Piano
Texts:
Yiddish/Transliteration
Publisher:
Metro Music Co.
Publisher address:
64 Second Ave, New York, NY
Date:
1944
Provenance:
Schper-Rosenthal Sheet Music Collection, Gift of Faye & Jerry Rosenthal
Mel & Shrifra Gold Project, NYBC Catlg #:
331
First line:
Ikh bin shoyn oysgeven kemat in yedn vinkl,
First line (Yiddish):
איך בין שוין אויגעווען כּמעט אין יעדן ווינקל,
Notes:
Dark blue lettering, Yiddish/English. Photos of Alexander Olshanetsky and Aaron Lebedeff on front cover. Columbia record 8234F by Seymour Rechtzeit. Price 35 cents. As sung by Aaron Lebedeff and Nina Rochell. Yiddish words on back cover.

Recordings

On album:
R-016(f) (Seymour Rechtzeit Yiddish Favorites)
Track ID:
19123
Vocal:
Rechtzeit, Seymour — רעכצײַט, סימאָר
Conductor Ensemble:
Ellstein, Abe — עלשטײַן, אײב
First line:
Far vos hob ikh dikh nit bagegent a bisele frier,
First line (Yiddish):
פֿאַר װאָס האָב איך דיך ניט באַגעגענט אַ ביסעלע פֿריִער,
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Pop
On album:
B-087(a) (Henry Berman: 1945-1948 — חיים בערמאַן: 1948-1945)
Track ID:
30770
Vocal/Additional English lyrics:
Berman, Henry — בערמאַן, חיים
First line:
Farvos hob ikh dikh nit bagegent a bisele frier,
First line:
פֿארװאָס האָב איך דיך ניט באגעגענט א ביסעלע פֿריער
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish/English
Style:
Theatre
On album:
R-016(a) (Sing and Dance Some Freilachs with Seymour Rechtzeit)
Track ID:
18
Vocal:
Rechtzeit, Seymour — רעכצײַט, סימאָר
Artist:
Abe Ellstein Orchestra — אײב עלשטײַן אָרקעסטער
Clarinet:
Tarras, Dave — טאַראַס, דײװ
First line:
Farvos hob ikh dikh nit bagegent a bislele frier,
First line (Yiddish):
פֿאַרװאָס האָב אַיך דיך ניט באַגעגענט אַ ביסעלע פֿריִער,
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Pop

A Meydele Vi Du — אַ מײדעלע װי דו

Author:
Lillian, Isadore — ליליאַן, איסאַדאָר
Author:
Jacobs, Jacob — זשאַקאָבס, זשאַקאָב
Composer:
Ellstein, Abe — עלשטײַן, אײב
Genre:
Theater
Subject:
Love/Beauty/Marriage
Transliteration:
Warem 144
Music:
Warem 144
Additional song notes:
Introduced in William Siegal's musical comedy "Ikh Bin Farlibt"
Sheet music:
Folder:
377
Series:
4
Arranged for:
Voice/Piano
Texts:
Yiddish/Transliteration
Publisher:
Metro Music Co.
Publisher address:
64 Second Ave, New York, NY
Date:
1946
Provenance:
Schper-Rosenthal Sheet Music Collection, Gift of Faye & Jerry Rosenthal
Mel & Shrifra Gold Project, NYBC Catlg #:
152
First line:
Haynt in der heyliger nakht, shtey ikh aleyn un ikh trakht…
First line (Yiddish):
הייַנט אין דער הייליגער נאַכט, שטיי איך אַליין און איך טראַכט,
Notes:
Brown lettering, Yiddish/English. From the musical comedy "I'm In Love" by William Siegel. Starring Menasha Skulnik. As sung by Leon Liebgold. Photos of Abraham Ellstein (Music) and Leon Liebgold. Price 35 cents. Yiddish words on back cover.

Recording

On album:
R-016(a) (Sing and Dance Some Freilachs with Seymour Rechtzeit)
Track ID:
460
Vocal:
Rechtzeit, Seymour — רעכצײַט, סימאָר
Artist:
Abe Ellstein Orchestra — אײב עלשטײַן אָרקעסטער
Clarinet:
Tarras, Dave — טאַראַס, דײװ
First line:
Haynt iz der heyliker nakht, shtey ikh aleyn un ikh trakht,
First line (Yiddish):
הײנט איז דער הײליקער נאַכט, שטײ איך אַלײן און איך טראַכט,
Track comment:
Introduced in the musical comedy "Ikh Bin Farlibt."
Language:
Yiddish

A Yidish Meydl Darf A Yidishn Boy — אַ ייִדיש מײדל דאַרף אַ ייִדישן בױ

Author:
Jacobs, Jacob — זשאַקאָבס, זשאַקאָב
Composer:
Olshanetsky, Alexander — אָלשאַנעצקי, אַלעקסאַנדער
Genre:
TheaterInstructional
Subject:
Advice/Intermarriage/
Transliteration:
Alb J-024(a)1
Translation:
Alb J-024(a)1
Additional song notes:
From the musical "A Night In California"
Sheet music:
Folder:
550
Series:
4
Arranged for:
Voice/Piano
Texts:
Yiddish/Transliteration
Publisher:
Trio Press, Inc.
Publisher address:
28-30 E. 4th Street, New York
Date:
1927
Provenance:
Schper-Rosenthal Sheet Music Collection, Gift of Faye & Jerry Rosenthal
Mel & Shrifra Gold Project, NYBC Catlg #:
293
First line:
Meydele mayn sheyns, vart oys eyn eygenblik,
First line (Yiddish):
מיידעלי מײַן שיינס, וואַרט אויס איין אויגענבליק,
Notes:
Cover is in Yiddish and English text. Photo inserts of Aaron Lebedov, Bela Meyzel, Jacob Jacobs, Alexander Olshetsky. From William Segal's "A Night In California." Advertising 5 performances at Glickman's Palace Theater in Chicago. Back cover includes cast credits in Yiddish and English.

Recordings

On album:
K-010(g) (32 World Famous Artists Sing Oldies Of The Yiddish Theatre)
Track ID:
21193
Artist:
Lebedeff, Aaron — לעבעדאָװ, אהרן
Narration:
Kressyn, Miriam — קרעסן, מיריאַם
Narration:
Rechtzeit, Seymour — רעכצײַט, סימאָר
First line:
A yidish meydl darf a yidishn boy, a sheyne meydl un er..
First line (Yiddish):
אַ ייִדיש מײדל דאַרף אַ ייִדישן בױ, אַ שײנע מײדל און ער דאַרף זײַן..
Track comment:
Az Men Farzukht/ Nye Platsh Mama/ Nervn/ Farvos Hob Ikh/ ...
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
J-024(a)1 (Judische Lebenswelten /Patterns of Jewish Life 1/Berlin 1992)
Track ID:
22281
Vocal:
Rechtzeit, Seymour — רעכצײַט, סימאָר
Artist:
Mlotek, Zalmen — מלאָטעק, זלמן, (1951)
Narration:
Kressyn, Miriam — קרעסן, מיריאַם
First line:
A yidish meydl darf a yidishn boy, s'iz sheyn un eydl,
First line (Yiddish):
אַ ייִדיש מײדל דאַרף אַ ייִדישן בױ, ס'איז שײן און אײדל, און עס...
Track comment:
Excerpts from "The Golden Age of Yiddish Theatre"
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
012e (Lebedeff, Aaron/ A Yidish Lidele/ A Yidish Meydl Darf A Yidishn Boy)
Track ID:
29116
Vocal:
Lebedeff, Aaron — לעבעדאָװ, אהרן
First line:
A yidish meydl darf a yidishn boy, a sheyne meydl un er..
First line (Yiddish):
אַ ייִדיש מײדל דאַרף אַ ייִדישן בױ, אַ שײנע מײדל און ער דאַרף זײַן..
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
L-059(a) (Lider Fun Boydem 2/Di Beste Lider Fun 78 Platen/Songs From The Attic/The Best of 78 Records/ Ikh Lib Dikh — לידער פֿון בוידעם 2\די בעסטע לידער פֿון 78 פּלאַטען\ איך ליב דיך)
Track ID:
32961
Vocal:
Lebedeff, Aaron — לעבעדאָװ, אהרן
First line:
Meydele, du sheyns, vart oys ayn oygnblik, her nor vos…
First line (Yiddish):
מײדעלע, דו שײנס, װאַרט אױס איין אױגנבליק, הער נאָר װאָס איך…
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Theater/Pop
Length:
3:00
On album:
L-002(b) (Aaron Lebedeff)
Track ID:
701
Artist:
Lebedeff, Aaron — לעבעדאָװ, אהרן
First line:
A yidish meydl darf a yidishn boy, a sheyne meydl un men...
First line (Yiddish):
אַ ייִדיש מײדל דאַרף אַ ייִדישן בױ, אַ שײנע מײדל און מען דאַרף זײַן..
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
L-002(c) (Aaron Lebedeff Sings Fifteen Favorites of .. Yiddish Theatre)
Track ID:
702
Vocal:
Lebedeff, Aaron — לעבעדאָװ, אהרן
First line:
Meydele, du sheyns, vart oys ayn oygnblik, her nor vos…
First line (Yiddish):
מײדעלע, דו שײנס, װאַרט אױס איין אױגנבליק, הער נאָר װאָס איך...
Language:
Yiddish

Azoy Vi Du Bist — אַזױ װי דו ביסט

Author:
Jacobs, Jacob — זשאַקאָבס, זשאַקאָב
Composer:
Olshanetsky, Alexander — אָלשאַנעצקי, אַלעקסאַנדער
Genre:
Theater/Love
Subject:
Change/Memory
Transliteration:
Gottlieb 288
Translation:
Gottlieb 288
Additional song notes:
From the musical play "The Golden Land". See Gottlieb 91, 92 for relationship with "Besame Muscho"
Sheet music:
Folder:
641
Series:
4
Arranged for:
Voice/Piano
Texts:
Yiddish/Transliteration
Publisher:
Metro Music Co.
Publisher address:
64 Second Ave, New York, NY
Date:
1943
Provenance:
Schper-Rosenthal Sheet Music Collection, Gift of Faye & Jerry Rosenthal
Mel & Shrifra Gold Project, NYBC Catlg #:
398
First line:
Kh'bin ongekumen, kh'ob dikh bagegent, hot mayn hartz….
First line (Yiddish):
כ'סין אָנגעקומען, כ'האָב דיך באַגעגנט, האָט מײַן האַרץ אַ צאַפּל זיך געטון,
Notes:
Purple lettering, English/Yiddish on pink backround. Judah Bleich presents "The Golden Land", musical play by Jusie Berns, Music by Alexander Olshanetsky. Starring Ludwig Satz, Aaron Lebedeff, Leo Fuchs, Goldie Eisman. Lyrics by Jacob Jacos. Photos of Alexander Olshanetsky, Goldie Eisman and Leo Fuchs. Now playing at the Public Theatre, 2nd Ave (Bet 3rd & 4th St.) New York. Price 30 cents. Back cover includes Cast of Characters in Yiddish and English.

Recordings

On album:
G-057(c) (Funny It Doesn't Sound Jewish/ Compilation by Jack Gottlieb accompaning book with same title.)
Track ID:
31674
Vocal:
Rechtzeit, Seymour — רעכצײַט, סימאָר
Artist:
Abe Ellstein Orchestra — אײב עלשטײַן אָרקעסטער
Orchestra Leader:
Ellstein, Abe — עלשטײַן, אײב
First line:
Azoy vi di bist, du zolst zikh keynmol nit baytn.
First line (Yiddish):
אַזוי ווי דו ביסט, דו זאָלסט זיך קיינמאָל ניט בײַטן
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Tango
Length:
1:17
On album:
027a (Rekhtsayt, Seymour, tenor/ Khasene Lid/ Azoy Vi Du Bist)
Track ID:
29516
Vocal:
Rechtzeit, Seymour — רעכצײַט, סימאָר
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
R-016(a) (Sing and Dance Some Freilachs with Seymour Rechtzeit)
Track ID:
1820
Author:
Jacobs, Jacob — זשאַקאָבס, זשאַקאָב
Composer:
Olshanetsky, Alexander — אָלשאַנעצקי, אַלעקסאַנדער
Vocal:
Rechtzeit, Seymour — רעכצײַט, סימאָר
Artist:
Abe Ellstein Orchestra — אײב עלשטײַן אָרקעסטער
Clarinet:
Tarras, Dave — טאַראַס, דײװ
First line:
Azoy vi du bist, du zolst zikh keyn mol nit baytn,
First line (Yiddish):
אַזױ װי דו ביסט, דו זאָלסט קײן מאָל ניט בײַטן,
Language:
Yiddish

Bar Mitsvah Lid (Secunda) — בּר מיצװה ליד (סעקונדע)

Author:
Jacobs, Jacob — זשאַקאָבס, זשאַקאָב
Composer:
Secunda, Sholom — סעקונדאַ, שלום

Recording

On album:
G-005(a) (Isaac Goodfriend sings Sholom Secunda)
Track ID:
18629
Artist:
Goodfriend, Cantor Isaac
First line:
Dayn bar mitsva, mayn kind, vos vet pravet atsind,
First line (Yiddish):
דײַן בּר מיצװה, מײַן קינד, װאָס װעט פּראַװעט אַצינד,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Recorded under "Bar Mitzvah Song"
Language:
Yiddish

Bay Mir Bistu Sheyn (Yiddish) — בײַ מיר ביסטו שײן (ייִדיש)

Author:
Jacobs, Jacob — זשאַקאָבס, זשאַקאָב
Composer:
Secunda, Sholom — סעקונדאַ, שלום
Genre:
Theatre/American/Pop/Swing
Subject:
Love/Beauty/Appearance
Origin:
GYF 40/Alb F-024(e)/Alb K-029(e)/Alb G-035(b)
Transliteration:
Estella 4/Alb K-007(a)/GYF 43/Alb K-059(d)/
Translation:
GYF 43/Alb P-038€
Music:
Estalla 4/GYF 41/
Additional song notes:
English Version by Cahn and Chaplin see Moskow SM General 116
Sheet music:
Folder:
115
Series:
4
Arranged for:
Piano/Voice
Texts:
Yiddish/Transliteration
Publisher:
J & J Kammen Music Co.
Publisher address:
305 Roebling St. Brooklyn, NY
Date:
1937
Provenance:
Gift of Robert & Molly Freedman, 1996
First line:
Ven du zolst zayn shvarts vi a tuter, ven du host oygn vi a
First line (Yiddish):
ווען דו זאָלסט זײַן שוואַרץ ווי אַ טוטער, ווען דו האָסט אויגן ווי אַ קאָטער
Notes:
Photo insert of Sholom Secunda/ Green Background/Featured by the Incomparabl Bell Baker with large photo of Bell Baker

Beyt Mikh A Bisele Mamele — בייט מיך אָ ביסעלע מאַמעלע

Author:
Lillian, Isadore — ליליאַן, איסאַדאָר
Author:
Jacobs, Jacob — זשאַקאָבס, זשאַקאָב
Composer:
Ellstein, Abe — עלשטײַן, אײב
Genre:
Theater
Subject:
Love/Courting/Marriage/Proposal/Coaxing
Transliteration:
Alb J-024(a)1
Translation:
Alb J-024(a)1/Alb B-032(a)
Sheet music:
Folder:
538
Series:
4
Arranged for:
Voice/Piano
Texts:
Yiddish/Transliteration
Publisher:
Metro Music Co.
Publisher address:
64 Second Ave, New York, NY
Date:
1946
Provenance:
Schper-Rosenthal Sheet Music Collection, Gift of Faye & Jerry Rosenthal
Mel & Shrifra Gold Project, NYBC Catlg #:
282
First line:
Oyb ikh bin dir yo gefeln, lomir bald a khupe shteln,
First line (Yiddish):
Oyb ikh bin dir yo gefeln, lomir bald a khupe shteln,
Notes:
Block lettering English and Yiddish title. As sung by Seymour Rechtzeit Columbia Record 8240 F, Miriam Kressyn Banner Record B-547. Price 35 cents. Photo Insert of Abe Ellstein. English title "Coax Me A Little Bit".

Recordings

On album:
G-024(a) (Lebekik Un Yidish Pinie Goldsten Anna Rappel — לעבעדיק און ייִדיש)
Track ID:
20091
Vocal:
Goldshteyn, Pinie — גאָלדשטײן, פּיניע
Artist:
Honigsberg, Ernesto & His Orch
Vocal:
Rappel, Anna — ראַפּעל, אַנאַ
First line:
Oyb ikh bin dir yo gefeln, lomir bald a khupe shteln,
First line (Yiddish):
אױב איך בין דיר יאָ געפֿעלן, לאָמיר שוין אַ חופּה שטעלן,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Recorded under "Beyt MIkh A Bisele, Mamele"
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
J-024(a)1 (Judische Lebenswelten /Patterns of Jewish Life 1/Berlin 1992)
Track ID:
22283
Artist:
Rexite, Seymour & Miriam Kressyn — רעכטצײַט, סימאָר און מרים רעכטצײַט
Artist:
Mlotek, Zalmen — מלאָטעק, זלמן, (1951)
Narration:
Kressyn, Miriam — קרעסן, מיריאַם
First line:
Oyb ikh bin dir shoyn gefeln, lomir shoyn a khupe shteln,
First line (Yiddish):
אױב איך בין דיר שױן געפֿעלן, לאָמיר שױן אַ חופּה שטעלן,
Track comment:
Excerpts from "The Golden Age of Yiddish Theatre"
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
K-010(b) (The Best of Miriam Kressen & Seymour Rexsite)
Track ID:
2380
Vocal:
Rechtzeit, Seymour — רעכצײַט, סימאָר
Narration:
Kressyn, Miriam — קרעסן, מיריאַם
First line:
Oyb ikh bin dir yo gefeln, lomir bald a khupe shteln,
First line (Yiddish):
אױב איך בין דיר יאָ געפֿעלן, לאָמיר שוין אַ חופּה שטעלן,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
K-010(c) (Miriam Kressyn & Seymour Rexsite sing the Yiddish Hit Parade)
Track ID:
2381
Vocal:
Rechtzeit, Seymour — רעכצײַט, סימאָר
Narration:
Kressyn, Miriam — קרעסן, מיריאַם
First line:
Oyb ikh bin dir yo gefeln, lomir bald a khupe shteln,
First line (Yiddish):
אױב איך בין דיר יאָ געפֿעלן, לאָמיר שוין אַ חופּה שטעלן,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
R-016(a) (Sing and Dance Some Freilachs with Seymour Rechtzeit)
Track ID:
2382
Vocal:
Rechtzeit, Seymour — רעכצײַט, סימאָר
Artist:
Abe Ellstein Orchestra — אײב עלשטײַן אָרקעסטער
Clarinet:
Tarras, Dave — טאַראַס, דײװ
First line:
Beyt mikh a bisele, mamele, vel ikh visn az du host mikh lib
First line (Yiddish):
בײט מיך אַ ביסעלע, מאַמעלע, װעל אַיך װיסן אַז דו האָסט מיך ליב,
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
B-028(d) (The Barry Sisters Sing)
Track ID:
2383
Vocal:
Barry Sisters — שװעסטער באַרי
Artist:
Ellstein, Abe — עלשטײַן, אײב
First line:
Beyt mikh, yingl (2), beyt mikh a bisele, yingele, vel ikh..
First line (Yiddish):
בײט מיך, ייִנגל (2), בײט מיך אַ ביסעלע, ייִנגעלע, װעל איך װיסן...
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
M-032(b) (Maxwell Street Klezmer Band Wedding Party)
Track ID:
2384
Artist:
Maxwell St Klezmer Band
Artist:
Sterling, Marcia & Lori Lippitz
Arranger:
Yoelin, Shelley
First line:
Beyt mikh, yingl (2), beyt mikh a bisele, yingele, vel ikh..
First line (Yiddish):
בײט מיך, ייִנגל (2), בײט מיך אַ ביסעלע, ייִנגעלע, װעל איך װיסן...
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Theatre

Der Alter Tsigayner — דער אַלטער ציגײַנער

Author:
Jacobs, Jacob — זשאַקאָבס, זשאַקאָב
Composer:
Ellstein, Abe — עלשטײַן, אײב
Genre:
Theater
Subject:
Gypsy/Music/Melody/Fiddle
Transliteration:
Alb K-029(b)/Alb P-030(a)
Translation:
Alb K-029(b)/Alb P-030(a)
Additional song notes:
From the msuical "Bublitshki"
Sheet music:
Folder:
62
Series:
4
Arranged for:
Piano/Voice
Texts:
Transliteration
Publisher:
J & J Kammen Music Co.
Publisher address:
1619 Broadway, New York
Date:
1942
Provenance:
Gift of Robert & Molly Freedman, 1996
First line:
Dort oyf a bergele unter dem frayen himl,
First line (Yiddish):
דאָרט אַף אַ בערגעלע אונטער דעם פֿרײַען הימל,
Notes:
Photocopy. Sheet music, no front or back cover, part of handout by Zalmen Mlotek at Klez Kamp or Circle Lodge summer program.

Recordings

On album:
Y-022(a) (Yiddishe Cup Klezmer Band Klezmerized)
Track ID:
23789
Artist:
Yiddishe Cup Klezmer Band
Track comment:
with "Di Goldnene Khasene"
Style:
Instrumental
On album:
E-021(a) (Frieda Enoch and the Capital Klezmers String of Pearls — שנירעלע פּערעלע)
Track ID:
24014
Vocal:
Enoch, Frieda
Artist:
Capital Klezmers
First line:
Dort oyf a bergele unter dem freyen himl, vayt fun dem royshikn shtot timl
First line (Yiddish):
דאָרט אױף אַ בערגעלע אונטער דעם פֿרײַען הימל, װײַט פֿון דעם רוישיקן שטאָט טימל
Track comment:
From Yiddish musical "Bublitshki".
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
P-030(a) (Mandy Patinkin Mamaloshen)
Track ID:
26162
Artist:
Patinkin, Mandy
Conductor:
Stern, Eric
Arranger:
Ford, Paul
First line:
Dort oyf a bergele unter dem freyen himl, vayt fun dem royshikn shtot timl
First line (Yiddish):
דאָרט אױף אַ בערגעלע אונטער דעם פֿרײַען הימל, װײַט פֿון דעם רוישיקן שטאָט טימל
Track comment:
With "White Christmas"
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
015m (Begelman Sisters & Rekhtsayt/ Der Alter Tsigayner/ Dem Nayem Sher)
Track ID:
29231
Vocal:
Barry Sisters — שװעסטער באַרי
Vocal:
Barry, Claire
Vocal:
Barry, Myrna
Vocal:
Rechtzeit, Seymour — רעכצײַט, סימאָר
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
M-047(d) (Cantors Klezmorim and Crooners: 1905-1953 / Classic Yiddish 78s from the Mayrent Collection B)
Track ID:
35597
Vocal:
Barry Sisters — שװעסטער באַרי
Vocal:
Barry, Claire
Vocal:
Barry, Myrna
Vocal:
Rechtzeit, Seymour — רעכצײַט, סימאָר
First line:
Dort oyf a bergele unter dem freyen himl, vayt fun dem royshikn shtot timl
First line (Yiddish):
דאָרט אױף אַ בערגעלע אונטער דעם פֿרײַען הימל, װײַט פֿון דעם רוישיקן שטאָט טימל
Language:
Yiddish
Length:
3:24
On album:
B-028(m) (The Barry Sisters/ Their Greatest Yiddish Hits)
Track ID:
36509
Vocal:
Barry Sisters — שװעסטער באַרי
First line:
Dort oyf a bergele unter dem freyen himl, vayt fun dem royshikn shtot timl
First line (Yiddish):
דאָרט אױף אַ בערגעלע אונטער דעם פֿרײַען הימל, װײַט פֿון דעם רוישיקן שטאָט טימל
Track comment:
From Yiddish musical "Bublitshki".
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Pop/Concert
Length:
3:47
On album:
M-068(a)04 (Milken/ Abraham Ellstein: Great Songs of The Yiddish Stage Volume 1)
Track ID:
42439
Vocal:
Spiro, Cantor Simon
Artist:
Vienna Chamber Orchestra
Orchestration/Arranger:
Bennett, Frank
Arranger:
Mlotek, Zalmen — מלאָטעק, זלמן, (1951)
Conductor:
Jaffe, Elli
First line:
Dort oyf a bergele unter dem freyen himl, vayt fun dem royshikn shtot timl
First line (Yiddish):
דאָרט אױף אַ בערגעלע אונטער דעם פֿרײַען הימל, װײַט פֿון דעם רוישיקן שטאָט טימל
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert/Gypsy/Theaatrical
Length:
5:17
On album:
K-029(b) (Klez!!! The Klezmer Conservatory Band)
Track ID:
3047
Artist:
Klezmer Conservatory Band
Vocal:
Bressler, Judy
First line:
Dort oyf a bergele unter dem freyn himl, vayt fun dem...
First line (Yiddish):
דאָרט אױף אַ בערגעלע אונטער דעם פֿרײַען הימל, װײַט פֿון דעם...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
From Yiddish musical "Bublitshki".
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
N-008(a) (Fay Nicoll Sings: Yiddish Hebrew Russian English)
Track ID:
3048
Vocal:
Nicoll, Fay
First line:
Dort oyf a bergele unter dem tifn himl, vayt fun dem...
First line (Yiddish):
דאָרט אױף אַ בערגעלע אונטער דעם טיפֿן הימל, װײַט פֿון דעם...
Track comment:
From Yiddish musical "Bublitshki".
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
O-005(d) (a with Moishe Oysher & The Barry Sisters Vol 2)
Track ID:
3049
Vocal:
Barry Sisters — שװעסטער באַרי
Vocal:
Barry, Claire
Vocal:
Barry, Myrna
First line:
Dort oyf a bergele unter dem freyn himl, vayt fun dem...
First line (Yiddish):
דאָרט אױף אַ בערגעלע אונטער דעם פֿרײַען הימל, װײַט פֿון דעם...
Track comment:
From Yiddish musical "Bublitshki".
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
B-028(d) (The Barry Sisters Sing)
Track ID:
3050
Vocal:
Barry Sisters — שװעסטער באַרי
Artist:
Ellstein, Abe — עלשטײַן, אײב
Vocal:
Barry, Claire
Vocal:
Barry, Myrna
First line:
Dort oyf a bergele unter dem freyn himl, vayt fun dem...
First line (Yiddish):
דאָרט אױף אַ בערגעלע אונטער דעם פֿרײַען הימל, װײַט פֿון דעם...
Track comment:
From Yiddish musical "Bublitshki".
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
F-020(c) (Leo Fuld)
Track ID:
3051
Vocal:
Fuld, Leo — פֿולד, לעאָ
Piano/Arranger/Conductor:
Roman, Martin
First line:
Dort oyf a bergele unter dem freyn himl, vayt fun dem...
First line (Yiddish):
דאָרט אױף אַ בערגעלע אונטער דעם פֿרײַען הימל, װײַט פֿון דעם...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
From Yiddish musical "Bublitshki".
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
F-020(b) (Leo Fuld Sings Roumanische Kretchme and other Yiddish Songs — ליאו פֿולד זינגט רומענישע קרעטשמע און אַנדערע ייִדישע לידער)
Track ID:
3052
Vocal:
Fuld, Leo — פֿולד, לעאָ
Piano/Arranger/Conductor:
Roman, Martin
First line:
Dort oyf a bergele unter dem freyen himl, vayt fun dem royshikn shtot timl
First line (Yiddish):
דאָרט אױף אַ בערגעלע אונטער דעם פֿרײַען הימל, װײַט פֿון דעם רוישיקן שטאָט טימל
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
From Yiddish musical "Bublitshki".
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
R-016(g) (A..Caravan..Stars Featuring Seymour Rechtzeit & Molly Picon)
Track ID:
23647
Vocal:
Rechtzeit, Seymour — רעכצײַט, סימאָר
Vocal:
Barry Sisters — שװעסטער באַרי
Vocal:
Barry, Claire
Vocal:
Barry, Myrna
First line:
Dort oyf a bergele unter dem freyen himl, vayt fun dem royshikn shtot timl
First line (Yiddish):
דאָרט אױף אַ בערגעלע אונטער דעם פֿרײַען הימל, װײַט פֿון דעם רוישיקן שטאָט טימל
Track comment:
From Yiddish musical "Bublitshki".
Language:
Yiddish

Du Felst Mir — דו פֿעלסט מיר

Author:
Jacobs, Jacob — זשאַקאָבס, זשאַקאָב
Composer:
Secunda, Sholom — סעקונדאַ, שלום
Genre:
Love/Theater/Humorous
Subject:
Possesions/Love/Missing
Sheet music:
Folder:
289
Series:
4
Arranged for:
Voice/Piano
Texts:
Yiddish/Transliteration
Publisher:
Trio Press, Inc.
Publisher address:
37 E. 18th St. New York, NY.
Date:
1937
Provenance:
Schper-Rosenthal Sheet Music Collection, Gift of Faye & Jerry Rosenthal
Mel & Shrifra Gold Project, NYBC Catlg #:
72
First line:
Ikh hob fun lebn fargenigen vus ikh vil ken ikh…
First line (Yiddish):
איך האָב פֿון לעבען פֿאַרגעניגען וואָס איך וויל קען עס קריגען,
Notes:
Blue lettering, English/Yiddish/Transliteration. From the Operetta "Let's Get Married" by William Siegel. Words by Jacob Jacobs. Music by Sholom Secunda. Playing at the Public Theatre, Second Ave. at 4th St. New York, NY. Rolland, Parnes & Pasternak, Managers. Photos of Itzik Feld, Lucy Levin & Sholom Secunda on front cover. Cast of characters on back cover in Yiddish & English.

Recordings

On album:
M-021(a) (Raisins and Almonds Benny Michel and his Orchestra)
Track ID:
4347
Artist:
Michal, Benny and Orch
First line:
Du feylst, oy, oy, nor du feylst mir, oy, oy, du du, nor du
First line:
דו פֿײלסט, אױ, אױ, נאָר דו פֿײלסט צורת אױ, אױ,דו דו, נאָר דו,
On album:
L-034(a) (Dayne Oygn Francois Lilienfed und "Galizianer" — דײַנע אױגן)
Track ID:
4348
Artist:
Galitsianer
Vocal:
Lilienfeld, Francois
First line:
Ikh hob fun lebn farganign, vos ikh vil ken ikh bald krign,
First line (Yiddish):
איך האָב פֿון לעבן פֿאַרגאַניגן, װאָס איך װיל קען איך באַלד קריגן,
Language:
Yiddish

Du Un Di Zun Un Di Shtern — דו און די זון און די שטערן

Author:
Jacobs, Jacob — זשאַקאָבס, זשאַקאָב
Composer:
Olshanetsky, Alexander — אָלשאַנעצקי, אַלעקסאַנדער
Genre:
Theater/Duet/Love
Subject:
Sun/Stars/Flowers/Perfume/Beauty/Bains/Heavenly
Origin:
SM 1324
Transliteration:
SM 1324
Music:
SM 1324
Additional song notes:
You and the Sun and the Stars From the Musical "Lebn Zol Amerike"
Sheet music:
Folder:
1324
Series:
4
Arranged for:
Voice/Piano
Texts:
Yiddish/Transliteration
Publisher:
Trio Press
Publisher address:
37 E 18th Street, NY
Date:
1939
Provenance:
Gift of Debra Rasansky, March 2017
First line:
Du bist vi a bliende boym, bashaynt mit ale colirn, vos ken
First line (Yiddish):
דו ביסט ווי אַ בליענדע בלום, באַשײַנט מיט אַלע קאָלירן, וואָס קען מיט איר..
Notes:
Cover: Red white and blue lettering/ Picture of Eagle and American Flag/ Song featured in musical titled "Long Liv`e America"

Recordings

On album:
B-087(a) (Henry Berman: 1945-1948 — חיים בערמאַן: 1948-1945)
Track ID:
30779
Vocal/Additional English lyrics:
Berman, Henry — בערמאַן, חיים
First line:
Du un di zun un di shtern, ir shaynt far mir ale gli
First line:
דו און די זון און די שׁטערן שׁייִנט פֿאַר מיר אַלע גלי
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish/English
Style:
Theatre
On album:
R-016(b) (Seymour Rexsite Sings Jewish Folk Songs & Yiddish Theatre...)
Track ID:
4366
Author:
Jacobs, Jacob — זשאַקאָבס, זשאַקאָב
Composer:
Olshanetsky, Alexander — אָלשאַנעצקי, אַלעקסאַנדער
Vocal:
Rechtzeit, Seymour — רעכצײַט, סימאָר
First line:
Du un di zun un di shtern, ir shaynt far mir ale glaykh,
First line:
דו און די זון און די שטערן, איר שײַנט פֿאָר מיר אַלע גלײַך,

Efnt Oyf Di Tir — עפֿנט אױף די טיר

Author:
Jacobs, Jacob — זשאַקאָבס, זשאַקאָב
Author:
Lillian, Isadore — ליליאַן, איסאַדאָר
Composer:
Ellstein, Abe — עלשטײַן, אײב
Genre:
Theater/Zionist/Plea
Subject:
Return/Persecution
Sheet music:
Folder:
476
Series:
4
Arranged for:
Voice/Piano
Texts:
Yiddish/Transliteration
Publisher:
Metro Music Co.
Publisher address:
64 Second Ave, New York, NY
Date:
1946
Provenance:
Schper-Rosenthal Sheet Music Collection, Gift of Faye & Jerry Rosenthal
Mel & Shrifra Gold Project, NYBC Catlg #:
229
First line:
Shoyn toyzenter yorn hert men dos klangen fun yid….
First line (Yiddish):
שוין טויזענטער יאָרן הערט מען דאָס קלאַנגען פֿון ייִ...
Notes:
Black lettering, Yiddish/English. "Successfully introduced by the famous stage and radio star Miriam Kressyn". Price 40 cents. Yiddish words on back cover.

Recording

On album:
R-016(f) (Seymour Rechtzeit Yiddish Favorites)
Track ID:
19129
Vocal:
Rechtzeit, Seymour — רעכצײַט, סימאָר
Artist:
Ellstein, Abe — עלשטײַן, אײב
First line:
Shoyn toyzenter yorn, hert men dos klugn fun yidn vayl er...
First line:
שױן טױזענטער יאָרן, הערט מען דאָס קלוגן פֿון ייִדן װײַל ער...
Track comment:
From the play "Ven Dos Harts Iz Yung"

Eyn Kuk Oyf Dir — אײן קוק אױף דיר

Author:
Olshanetsky, Alexander — אָלשאַנעצקי, אַלעקסאַנדער
Composer:
Jacobs, Jacob — זשאַקאָבס, זשאַקאָב
Genre:
Love

Recordings

On album:
K-026(g) (Klezmer Pioneers European And American Recordings 1905-1952)
Track ID:
19892
Author:
Jacobs, Jacob — זשאַקאָבס, זשאַקאָב
Composer/Conductor:
Olshanetsky, Alexander — אָלשאַנעצקי, אַלעקסאַנדער
Artist:
Alexander Olshanetsky Orchestra — אַלעקסאַנדער אָלשאַנעצקי אָרקעסטער
First line:
Eyn kuk oyf dir, mayn tayere, iz shoyn genug, mayn tayere,
First line:
אײן קוק אױף דיר, מײַן טײַערע, איז שױן גענוג, מײַן טײַערע,
Track comment:
NY December 1929
Style:
Instrumental
On album:
B-028(a) (The World Of The Barry Sisters Memorable Jewish Melodies)
Track ID:
4992
Vocal:
Barry Sisters — שװעסטער באַרי
Author:
Jacobs, Jacob — זשאַקאָבס, זשאַקאָב
Composer:
Olshanetsky, Alexander — אָלשאַנעצקי, אַלעקסאַנדער
First line:
Eyn kuk oyf dir, mayn tayere, iz shoyn genug, mayn tayere,
First line:
אײן קוק אױף דיר, מײַן טײַערע, איז שױן גענוג, מײַן טײַערע,
On album:
B-028(j) (Shalom The Barry Sisters)
Track ID:
4993
Vocal:
Barry Sisters — שװעסטער באַרי
Author:
Jacobs, Jacob — זשאַקאָבס, זשאַקאָב
Composer:
Olshanetsky, Alexander — אָלשאַנעצקי, אַלעקסאַנדער
Artist:
Reisman, Joe
Arranger:
Fershko, Shmuel — פֿערשקאָ, שמואל
Arranger:
Reisman, Joe
Arranger:
Manning, Dick
First line:
Eyn kuk oyf dir, mayn tayere, iz shoyn genug, mayn tayere,
First line:
אײן קוק אױף דיר, מײַן טײַערע, איז שױן גענוג, מײַן טײַערע,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Eyn Mol In Lebn — אײן מאָל אין לעבן

Author:
Jacobs, Jacob — זשאַקאָבס, זשאַקאָב
Author:
Lillian, Isadore — ליליאַן, איסאַדאָר
Composer:
Secunda, Sholom — סעקונדאַ, שלום
Genre:
Theater
Subject:
Fate/Luck/Opportunity/Once/Love/Destiny
Origin:
SM 585
Transliteration:
Warem 64/SM 585
Translation:
Warem 64/Alb C-044(a)
Music:
SM 585
Additional song notes:
From the musical comedy "Laugh and Be Happy"
Sheet music:
Folder:
585
Series:
4
Arranged for:
Voice/Piano
Texts:
Yiddish/Transliteration
Publisher:
Metro Music Co.
Publisher address:
64 Second Ave, New York, NY
Date:
1950
Provenance:
Schper-Rosenthal Sheet Music Collection, Gift of Faye & Jerry Rosenthal
Mel & Shrifra Gold Project, NYBC Catlg #:
325
First line:
Dos glik kumt tsu yedin eyn mol, eyn mol nor klapt es in…
First line (Yiddish):
דאָס גליק קומט צו יעדן איין מאָל, איין מאָל נאָר קלאַפּט עס אין טיר,
Notes:
Brown lettering, English/Yiddish. Photos of Sholom Secunda, Edmund Zayenda and Lily Lilliana on front cover. From the musical comedy "Laugh and Be Happy". Price 40 cents. Yiddish words on back cover.

Recordings

On album:
C-044(a) (Eybike Lider/ Eternal Songs / Caroline Chanin Mezzo Soprano & Joyce Rosenzweig Pianist & Arranger — אייביקע לידער)
Track ID:
31766
Vocal:
Chanin, Caroline
Piano:
Rosenzweig, Joyce
First line:
Dos glik kumt tsu yedn eyn mol, eyn mol nor klapt es in dayn tir,
First line (Yiddish):
דאָס גליק קומט צו יעדן איין מאָל, איין מאָל נאָר קלאַפּט עס אין דײַן טיר,
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert/Art Song
Length:
3:06
On album:
P-002(d) (Jan Peerce on 2nd Ave Orch Conducted by Gershon Kingsley)
Track ID:
4996
Vocal:
Peerce, Jan
Author:
Jacobs, Jacob / Isadore Lillian — דזאַקאָבס, דזאַקאָב \ איסאַדאָר ליליאַן
Conductor Orchestra:
Kingsley, Gershon
Arranger:
Kingsley, Gershon
First line:
Eyn mol in lebn treft zikh aza glik, ver ken opshatsn di...
First line (Yiddish):
אײן מאָל אין לעבן טרעפֿט זיך אַזאַ גליק, װער קען אָפּשאַטצן די...
Track comment:
From the Yidish musical "Lakh Un Zay Freylekh" - 1950
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
C-032(b) (Chutzpah Frank Krasnowsky Jewish Theatre Songs)
Track ID:
4997
Artist:
Krasnowsky, Frank, vocal & eng
Piano:
Steuer, Sydney Anschell
First line:
Eyn mol in lebn treft zikh aza glik, ver ken opshatsn di...
First line:
אײן מאָל אין לעבן טרעפֿט זיך אַזאַ גליק, װער קען אָפּשאַטצן די...
Track comment:
From the Louis Freiman musical "Lakh Un Zay Freylekh"
Language:
Yiddish/English

Farges Mikh Nit — פֿאַרגעס מיך ניט

Author:
Jacobs, Jacob — זשאַקאָבס, זשאַקאָב
Composer:
Ellstein, Abe — עלשטײַן, אײב
Genre:
Theatre/Love
Subject:
Memory/Separation/Fear/Request/Foreboding
Origin:
Sheet Music
Transliteration:
Sheet Music
Music:
Sheet Music
Additional song notes:
Don't Forget Me
Sheet music:
Folder:
21
Series:
1
Arranged for:
Voice/Piano
Texts:
Yiddish/Transliteration
Publisher:
Metro Music, Co
Publisher address:
64 Second Ave, New York
Date:
1937
Provenance:
Gift of Barbara Moscow, March 2014
First line:
Mit dir libe shpil ikh un ikh bin fil mit freyd,…
First line (Yiddish):
מיט דיר ליבע שפּיל איך און איך בין פֿיל מיט פֿרייד, און דאָך שטענדיק
Notes:
Printed Sheet Music with "Malkele Dem Rebens"/ Image insert of Molly Picon and Yakob Sussanoff/ Also image of Abraham Ellstein

Recordings

On album:
Z-010(m) (Paul Zim Sings Forever Yiddish 20 Yiddish "Golden Oldies")
Track ID:
18370
Author:
Jacobs, Jacob — זשאַקאָבס, זשאַקאָב
Composer:
Ellstein, Abe — עלשטײַן, אײב
Artist:
Zim, Paul & Simcha Klezmer Band
Artist:
Barnes, Rolfe & M. Tornick, cond
Clarinet:
Pincus, Paul
First line:
Her vi mayn harts beyt, farges mikh nit, in leydn un in...
First line:
הער װי מײַן האַרץ בײט, פֿאַרגעס מיך ניט, אין לײדן און אין...
Track comment:
with Yosl Yosl
On album:
T-015(f) (Talila Chante Le Yiddish Papirossn)
Track ID:
21594
Author:
Jacobs, Jacob — זשאַקאָבס, זשאַקאָב
Arranger:
Mortarelli, Pierre
Composer:
Ellstein, Abe — עלשטײַן, אײב
Artist:
Talila
Accordion/Piano/Arranger:
Schaff, Eddy
First line:
Mit dir libe shpil ikh un ikh bin ful mit freyd,
First line:
מיט דיר ליבע שפּיל איך און איך בין פֿול מיט פֿרײד,
Track comment:
From the Yidish musical "Malkele Dem Rebns - 1937
On album:
K-069(a) (A Feygele Zingt/Yiddish Theatre & Folksongs/Faye Kellerstein)
Track ID:
22630
Vocal:
Kellerstein, Faye
Orchestrations/Accompanist:
Klaplan, Jordan
First line:
Mit dir libe shpil ikh un ikh bin ful mit freyd,
First line (Yiddish):
מיט דיר ליבע שפּיל איך און איך בין פֿול מיט פֿרײד,
Track comment:
From the Yidish musical "Malkele Dem Rebns - 1937
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
Z-011(e) (Talila Ben Zimet et Eddy Schaff Yiddish Cafe)
Track ID:
24750
Author:
Jacobs, Jacob — זשאַקאָבס, זשאַקאָב
Composer:
Ellstein, Abe — עלשטײַן, אײב
Vocal:
Talila
Vocal:
Zimet, Ben
First line:
Mit dir libe shpil ikh un ikh bin ful mit freyd,
First line (Yiddish):
מיט דיר ליבע שפּיל איך און איך בין פֿול מיט פֿרײד,
Track comment:
From the Yidish musical "Malkele Dem Rebns - 1937
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
K-029(h) (The Klezmer Cconservatory Band Dancing In the Aisles)
Track ID:
25250
Artist:
Klezmer Conservatory Band
Author:
Jacobs, Jacob — זשאַקאָבס, זשאַקאָב
Composer:
Ellstein, Abe — עלשטײַן, אײב
Vocal:
Bressler, Judy
First line:
Mit dir libe shpil ikh un ikh bin ful mit freyd,
First line:
מיט דיר ליבע שפּיל איך און איך בין פֿול מיט פֿרײד,
Track comment:
From musical "Malkele Dem Rebns"
On album:
A-040(a) (Luce Amen / Remember Me / Farges Mikh Nit / Zakhor Oti — פֿאַרגעס מיך ניט \ זכר אותי)
Track ID:
25707
Author:
Jacobs, Jacob — זשאַקאָבס, זשאַקאָב
Composer:
Ellstein, Abe — עלשטײַן, אײב
Artist:
Amen, Luce
First line:
Her vi mayn harts beyt, farges mikh nit, in leydn un in...
First line:
הער װי מײַן האַרץ בײט, פֿאַרגעס מיך ניט, אין לײדן און אין...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
From the Yidish musical "Malkele Dem Rebns". with Yosl Yosl
On album:
B-087(a) (Henry Berman: 1945-1948 — חיים בערמאַן: 1948-1945)
Track ID:
30778
Vocal/Additional English lyrics:
Berman, Henry — בערמאַן, חיים
First line:
Her vi mayn harts bet, farges mikh nit
First line:
הער װי מייִן האַרץ בעט, פֿאַרגעס מיך ניט
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish/English
Style:
Theatre
On album:
B-088(a) (Bobby Block and the Klezmer Kings)
Track ID:
30792
Percussion:
Sperell, Chic
Trombone:
Parker, Jim
Saxaphone/Clarinet:
Block, Bobby
Keyboard:
Kravitz, Bernie
Style:
Instrumental/Fox Trot
Length:
3:28
On album:
V-023(a) (Monica Vardimon/ The Songs of my Heart/ Di Lider Fun Mayn Harts — די לידער פֿון מײַן האַרץ \מוניקה ורדעמון)
Track ID:
36347
Violin:
Mareinowski, Wojciech
Clarinet:
Witko, Janusz
Piano/Synthsizer:
Kluzowicz, Jerzy
Clarinet/Bass Clarinet:
Cielecki, Jan
Vocal:
Vardeman, Monica — ורדימון, מוניקה
First line:
Mit dir libe shpil ikh un ikh bin ful mit freyd,
First line:
מיט דיר ליבע שפּיל איך און איך בין פֿול מיט פֿרײד,
Track comment:
From musical "Malkele Dem Rebns"
Style:
Pop/Concert
Length:
4:46
On album:
R-016(h) (Seymour Rechzeit Sings Your Favorite Songs in his Intimate Style)
Track ID:
33823
First line:
Her vi mayn harts beyt, farges mikh nit, in leyd un in…
First line:
הער װי מײַן האַרץ בײט, פֿאַרגעס מיך ניט, אין לײַד און אין פֿרײדן..
On album:
R-042(c) (Vilde Mekhaye/Wild Ecstacy/Eleanor Reissa/Frank London/Klezmer Allstars)
Track ID:
42013
Vocal/Arranger:
Reissa, Eleanor
Trumpet:
London, Frank
Drums:
Alexander, Aaron
Tuba:
Caswell, Ron
Accordion:
Farrell, Patrick
Guitar:
Seabrook, Brandon
Clarinet:
Winograd, Michael — ווינאָגראַד, מ.
Guitar:
Drye, Brian
Artist:
Klezmer Brass Allstars
First line:
Her vi mayn harts beyt, farges mikh nit, in leydn un in freyd, farges mikh nit,
First line (Yiddish):
הער װי מײַן האַרץ בײט, פֿאַרגעס מיך ניט, אין לײַדן און אין פֿרייד, פֿאַרגעס מיך
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Klezmer/Pop/Concert
Length:
4:41
On album:
B-028(e) (At Home With The Barry Sisters)
Track ID:
5126
Vocal:
Barry Sisters — שװעסטער באַרי
Author:
Jacobs, Jacob — זשאַקאָבס, זשאַקאָב
Composer:
Ellstein, Abe — עלשטײַן, אײב
Artist:
Ellstein, Abe — עלשטײַן, אײב
First line:
Mit dir libe shpil ikh un ikh bin ful mit freyd,
First line:
מיט דיר ליבע שפּיל איך און איך בין פֿול מיט פֿרײד,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
From the Yidish musical "Malkele Dem Rebns - 1937
On album:
K-010(b) (The Best of Miriam Kressen & Seymour Rexsite)
Track ID:
5122
Vocal:
Rechtzeit, Seymour — רעכצײַט, סימאָר
Author:
Jacobs, Jacob — זשאַקאָבס, זשאַקאָב
Composer:
Ellstein, Abe — עלשטײַן, אײב
First line:
Her vi mayn harts beyt, farges mikh nit, in leyd un in...
First line:
הער װי מײַן האַרץ בײט, פֿאַרגעס מיך ניט, אין לײַד און אין פֿרײדן..
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
From the Yidish musical "Malkele Dem Rebns".
On album:
P-002(d) (Jan Peerce on 2nd Ave Orch Conducted by Gershon Kingsley)
Track ID:
5123
Vocal:
Peerce, Jan
Author:
Jacobs, Jacob — זשאַקאָבס, זשאַקאָב
Composer:
Ellstein, Abe — עלשטײַן, אײב
Conductor Orchestra:
Kingsley, Gershon
Arranger:
Kingsley, Gershon
First line:
Mit dir libe shpil ikh un ikh bin ful mit freyd,
First line:
מיט דיר ליבע שפּיל איך און איך בין פֿול מיט פֿרײד,
Track comment:
From the Yidish musical "Malkele Dem Rebns - 1937
On album:
P-004(b) (Molly Picon at the Yiddish Theatre)
Track ID:
5124
Artist:
Picon, Molly — פּיקאָן, מאָלי
Author:
Jacobs, Jacob — זשאַקאָבס, זשאַקאָב
Composer:
Ellstein, Abe — עלשטײַן, אײב
First line:
Her vi mayn harts beyt, farges mikh nit, in leyd un in...
First line:
הער װי מײַן האַרץ בײט, פֿאַרגעס מיך ניט, אין לײַד און אין פֿרײדן..
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
From the Yidish musical "Malkele Dem Rebns".
On album:
R-021(a) (Shoshana Ron Sings Hebrew and Yiddish)
Track ID:
5125
Vocal:
Ron, Shoshana
Author:
Jacobs, Jacob — זשאַקאָבס, זשאַקאָב
Composer:
Ellstein, Abe — עלשטײַן, אײב
Arranger/Conductor:
Reisenman, Bob
First line:
Mit dir libe shpil ikh un ikh bin ful mit freyd,
First line:
מיט דיר ליבע שפּיל איך און איך בין פֿול מיט פֿרײד,
Track comment:
From the Yidish musical "Malkele Dem Rebns - 1937

Git Mir Op Mazl Tov — גיט מיר אָפּ מזל טובֿ

Author:
Jacobs, Jacob — זשאַקאָבס, זשאַקאָב
Composer:
Secunda, Sholom — סעקונדאַ, שלום
Genre:
Theater
Subject:
Wedding/Family
Origin:
Warem 80/Alb R-022(a)
Transliteration:
Alb R-022(a)
Translation:
Alb R-022(a)
Additional song notes:
From the musical "Heaven On Earth".
Sheet music:
Folder:
698
Series:
4
Arranged for:
Voice/Piano
Texts:
Yiddish/Transliteration
Publisher:
Trio Press
Publisher address:
New York, NY
Date:
1935
Provenance:
Schper-Rosenthal Sheet Music Collection, Gift of Faye & Jerry Rosenthal
Mel & Shrifra Gold Project, NYBC Catlg #:
493
First line:
Ven a kind heybt on tsu vern fertsn, fuftsn yor…
First line (Yiddish):
ווען אַ קינד הייבט אָן צו ווערן פֿערצן-פֿופֿצן יאָר...
Notes:
Brown lettering, English/Yiddish. From the play, Heaven on Earth, an operetta in two acts. "Now playing at Public Theatre, 2nd Avenue at Fourth Street, New York. Cover includes sixteen small photos of theater people. Back cover includes Yiddish words and cast of characters in English and Yiddish.

Recordings

On album:
O-003(b) (Der Koysl Shimon Osovitsky — דער כּותל שמעון אָסאָװיצקי)
Track ID:
5679
Vocal:
Osovitsky, Shimon — אָסאָװיצקי, שמעון
First line:
Ven a kind heybt on tsu vern fiftsen, zekhtsen yor,
First line (Yiddish):
װען אַ קינד הײבט אָן צו װערן פֿיפֿצען, זעכצען יאָר,
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
R-022(a) (Mazltov! Yiddish Folk Songs by Pearl Rottenberg & NAMA Orch)
Track ID:
5680
Artist:
Rottenberg, Pearl & NAMA Orch
First line:
Ven a kind heybt on tsu vern fertsn, fiftsen yor,
First line:
װען אַ קינד הײבט אָן צו װערן פֿערצן, פֿיפֿצען יאָר,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Album notes credit lyrics to Jacobs and not "Lillian"
On album:
W-017(b) (The Wholesale Klezmer Band Joe Kurland, conductor)
Track ID:
5681
Artist:
Wholesale Klezmer Band
Vocal/Conductor:
Kurland, (Joe) Yosl — קורלאַנד, יוסל
First line:
Shpilt zhe mir, klezmorimlekh, shpilt mir yetst a freylekhs,
First line:
שפּילט זשע מיר, קלעזמאָרימלעך, שפּילט מיר יעצט אַ פֿרײלעךס,
On album:
B-028(a) (The World Of The Barry Sisters Memorable Jewish Melodies)
Track ID:
5682
Vocal:
Barry Sisters — שװעסטער באַרי
First line:
Ven a kind heybt on tsu vern fertsen, fiftsen yor,
First line:
װען אַ קינד הײבט אָן צו װערן פֿערצען, פֿיפֿצען יאָר,
Track comment:
Lyrics credited to Jacobs on album
On album:
B-028(i) (The Barry Sisters)
Track ID:
5683
Vocal:
Barry Sisters — שװעסטער באַרי
First line:
Ven a kind heybt on tsu vern fertsen, fiftsen yor,
First line:
װען אַ קינד הײבט אָן צו װערן פֿערצען, פֿיפֿצען יאָר,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
On album:
B-028(j) (Shalom The Barry Sisters)
Track ID:
5684
Vocal:
Barry Sisters — שװעסטער באַרי
Artist:
Reisman, Joe
Arranger:
Fershko, Shmuel — פֿערשקאָ, שמואל
Arranger:
Reisman, Joe
Arranger:
Manning, Dick
First line:
Ven a kind heybt on tsu vern fertsen, fiftsen yor,
First line:
װען אַ קינד הײבט אָן צו װערן פֿערצען, פֿיפֿצען יאָר,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Hob Mikh Lib — האָב מיך ליב

Author:
Jacobs, Jacob — זשאַקאָבס, זשאַקאָב
Composer:
Secunda, Sholom — סעקונדאַ, שלום
Genre:
Theatre
Subject:
Love
Song comment:
From Musical "Bay Mir Bistu Sheyn"

Recordings

On album:
G-045(a) (Songs From "Go Fight City Hall" "Bay Mir Bistu Sheyn")
Track ID:
20362
Artist:
Chester, Allen & Doris Cohen
First line:
Hob mikh lib baym geyn shpatsirn. Hob mikh lib baym…
First line (Yiddish):
האָב מיך ליב בײַם גײן שפּאַצירן. האָב מיך ליב בײַם ראָמאַנצירן,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
From "Bay Mir Bistu Sheyn"
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
S-036(a) (Sing A Little Something A Yiddish Sing-Along Sholom Secunda)
Track ID:
6667
Conductor Orchestra and Chorus:
Secunda, Sholom — סעקונדאַ, שלום
First line:
Hob mikh lib.... geyn shpatsirn. Hob mikh lib…romantsirn,
First line:
האָב מיך ליב...גײן שפּאַצירן. האָב מיך ליב...ראָמאַנצירן,
On album:
F-009(a) (Leo Fuchs in Bei Mir Bistu Shoen Original Cast Album)
Track ID:
6668
Vocal:
Fuchs, Leo — פֿוקס, לעאָ
Conductor:
Secunda, Sholom — סעקונדאַ, שלום
First line:
Ikh vil nit gornit lakhn, neyn, volst mit mir...
First line:
איך װיל ניט גאָרניט לאַכן, נײן, װאָלסט מיט מיר...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
From Musical "Bay Mir Bistu Sheyn"

A Hopkele — אַ האָפּקעלע

Author:
Jacobs, Jacob — זשאַקאָבס, זשאַקאָב
Composer:
Olshanetsky, Alexander — אָלשאַנעצקי, אַלעקסאַנדער
Genre:
Theatre
Subject:
Dance/Freylekh
Transliteration:
Warem 90/Alb K-029(h)
Translation:
Alb K-029(h)
Music:
Warem 90
Sheet music:
Folder:
1203
Series:
4
Arranger:
Richard Gendelman
Texts:
music Only
Provenance:
Gendelman Gift
Notes:
Manuscript
Folder:
1238
Series:
4
Arranger:
Richard Gendelman
Texts:
Music Only
Provenance:
Gendelman Gift
Notes:
Manuscript

Recordings

On album:
E-012(b) (Eclectricity Liktnut - Niguneh — לקטנות - נגינה)
Track ID:
6762
Artist:
Eclectricity
Artist:
Lucas, Bob, Miriam Sturm
Artist:
Schwartz, Bill
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Familiar Melody
Style:
Instrumental
On album:
F-013(f) (Giora Feidman The Magic Of The Klezmer)
Track ID:
6763
Artist:
Feidman, G., Clarinet & Ensemble — פיידמן, גיורא, קלאַרנעט מיט אַנסאַמבל
Track comment:
From the operetta "Vos Meydelekh Toen".
Style:
Instrumental
On album:
G-024(a) (Lebekik Un Yidish Pinie Goldsten Anna Rappel — לעבעדיק און ייִדיש)
Track ID:
20079
Artist:
Honigsberg, Ernesto & His Orch
Vocal:
Goldshteyn, Pinie — גאָלדשטײן, פּיניע
Vocal:
Rappel, Anna — ראַפּעל, אַנאַ
First line:
Lomir ale tantsn mit a hopkele, a freylekh hopkele,
First line:
לאָמיר אַלע טאַנצן מיט אַ האָפּקעלע, אַ פֿרײלעך האָפּקעלע,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
From the operetta "Vos Meydelekh Toen".
On album:
K-010(c) (Miriam Kressyn & Seymour Rexsite sing the Yiddish Hit Parade)
Track ID:
6753
Vocal:
Rechtzeit, Seymour — רעכצײַט, סימאָר
First line:
Nu, lomir ale itster tantsn a hopkele, a sheyner hopkele,
First line:
נו, לאָמיר אַלע איצטער טאַנצן אַ האָפּקעלע, אַ שײנער האָפּקעלע,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
From the operetta "Vos Meydelekh Toen".
On album:
N-008(c) (Fay Nicoll "Something Olde, Something New")
Track ID:
6754
Vocal:
Nicoll, Fay
Piano/Arranger:
Tell, Rick
First line:
Nu, lomir ale itster tantsn oy a hopkele, a freylekh hopkele
First line:
נו, לאָמיר אַלע איצטער טאַנצן אַ האָפּקעלע, אַ שײנער האָפּקעלע,
Track comment:
From the operetta "Vos Meydelekh Toen".
On album:
N-013(b) (The Nisht Geferlach Klezmer Band Nokh A Mol! One More Time)
Track ID:
6755
Artist:
Nisht Geferlekh Klezmer Band — נישט געפֿערלעך קלעזמער באַנדע
Vocal:
Patt, Avram — פּאַט, אַבֿרהם
First line:
Tates, mames shtrebn zeyere kinder oystsugebn, vayl dos iz..
First line:
טאַטעס, מאַמעס שטרעבן זײערע קינדער אױסצוגעבן, װײַל דאָס איז די..
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
From the operetta "Vos Meydlekh Toen"
On album:
S-071(a) (Gwiazdy Na Dachu / Shtern Oyfn Dakh / Stars on the Roof — שטערן אױפֿן דאַך)
Track ID:
6756
Vocal:
Wilda, Helena
First line:
Nu, lomir ale itster tantsn a hopkele, a sheyner hopkele,
First line:
נו, לאָמיר אַלע איצטער טאַנצן אַ האָפּקעלע, אַ שײנער האָפּקעלע,
Track comment:
From the operetta "Vos Meydelekh Toen".
On album:
B-028(g) (The Barry Sisters A Time To Remember)
Track ID:
6757
Vocal:
Barry Sisters — שװעסטער באַרי
First line:
Tates, mames shtrebn zeyere kinder oystsugebn, vayl dos iz..
First line:
טאַטעס, מאַמעס שטרעבן זײערע קינדער אױסצוגעבן, װײַל דאָס איז די..
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
From the operetta "Vos Meydlekh Toen"
On album:
N-008(c) (Fay Nicoll "Something Olde, Something New")
Track ID:
6758
Vocal:
Nicoll, Fay
Piano/Arranger:
Tell, Rick
First line:
Nu, lomir ale itster tantsn oy a hopkele, a freylekh hopkele
First line:
נו, לאָמיר אַלע איצטער טאַנצן אַ האָפּקעלע, אַ שײנער האָפּקעלע,
Track comment:
From the operetta "Vos Meydelekh Toen".
On album:
T-007(j) (Dave Tarras Yiddish-American Klezmer Music 1925-1956)
Track ID:
6759
Vocal:
Rechtzeit, Seymour — רעכצײַט, סימאָר
Clarinet:
Tarras, Dave — טאַראַס, דײװ
Artist:
Abe Ellstein Orchestra — אײב עלשטײַן אָרקעסטער
First line:
Nu, lomir ale itster tantsn oy a hopkele, a freylekh hopkele
First line:
נו, לאָמיר אַלע איצטער טאַנצן אױ אַ האָפּקעלע, אַ פֿרײלעך האָפּקעלע,
Track comment:
From the operetta "Vos Meydelekh Toen".
On album:
F-022(a) (The Feder Sisters / Some Like It Yiddish)
Track ID:
6760
Vocal:
Sloan, Mimi
Vocal:
Feder, Sylvia — פֿעדער, סילװיע
Vocal:
Feder Sisters — פֿעדער שװעסטער
First line:
Hop, hop, hop, tantst mit undz, nu, lomir ale tantsn...
First line:
האָפּ, האָפּ, האָפּ, טאַנצט מיט אנדז, נו, לאָמיר אַלע טאַנצן איצטער...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
From the operetta "Vos Meydelekh Toen".
Language:
English/Yiddish
On album:
K-034(a) (Neshoma Orchestra Presents THE NEW YORK KLEZMER ENSEMBLE)
Track ID:
6761
Artist:
New York Klezmer Ensemble
Artist:
Musiker, Ray, arrangement
First line:
נו, לאָמיר אַלע טאַנצן אַ האָפּקעלע, אַ שײנער האָפּקעלע,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
From the operetta "Vos Meydlekh Toen"
Style:
Instrumental
On album:
M-032(d) (Maxwell Street Klezmer Band You Should Be So Lucky)
Track ID:
24378
Vocal:
Lippitz, Lori
Artist:
Maxwell Street Klezmer Band
First line:
Tates, mames shtrebn zeyere kinder oystsugebn, vayl dos iz..
First line:
טאַטעס, מאַמעס שטרעבן זײערע קינדער אױסצוגעבן, װײַל דאָס איז די..
Track comment:
From the operetta "Vos Meydlekh Toen"
On album:
K-029(h) (The Klezmer Cconservatory Band Dancing In the Aisles)
Track ID:
25260
Artist:
Klezmer Conservatory Band
Vocal:
Bressler, Judy
First line:
Nu, lomir ale tantsn a hopkele, a sheyner hopkele,
First line:
נו, לאָמיר אַלע טאַנצן אַ האָפּקעלע, אַ שײנער האָפּקעלע,
Track comment:
With Dancing In The Aisles
On album:
K-073(b) (Second Ave Theatre Lomir Ale Freilech Zayn Betty Klein — בטי קלין זינגט אַבי געזונט, לאָמיר אַלע פֿרײליך זײַן)
Track ID:
26019
Artist:
Klein, Betty
First line:
Tates, mames shtrebn zeyere kinder oystsugebn, vayl dos iz..
First line:
טאַטעס, מאַמעס שטרעבן זײערע קינדער אױסצוגעבן, װײַל דאָס איז די..
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
From the operetta "Vos Meydlekh Toen"
On album:
A-027(b) (Bruce Adler An Evening At The Yiddish Theatre -Act II-)
Track ID:
26481
Artist:
Adler, Bruce
Artist:
Mlotek, Zalmen — מלאָטעק, זלמן, (1951)
First line:
Nu, lomir ale tantsn itster du a hopkele, a sheyner hopkele,
First line:
נו, לאָמיר אַלע טאַנצן איצטער דו אַ האָפּקעלע, אַ שײנער האָפּקעלע,
Track comment:
English Lyrics, Moyshe Rosenfeld and Bruce Adler
On album:
B-028(m) (The Barry Sisters/ Their Greatest Yiddish Hits)
Track ID:
36507
Vocal:
Barry Sisters — שװעסטער באַרי
First line:
Tates, mames shtrebn zeyere kinder oystsugebn, vayl dos iz..
First line (Yiddish):
טאַטעס, מאַמעס שטרעבן זײערע קינדער אױסצוגעבן, װײַל דאָס איז די..
Track comment:
From the operetta "Vos Meydlekh Toen"
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert/Pop
Length:
2:56
On album:
P-038(e) (Andre Ochodio & Pressburger Klezmer Band/ Shalom)
Track ID:
43062
Double Bass:
Alexander, Samo
Accordion:
Jovic-Werner, Snezana
Vocal:
Ochodlo, Andre
Percussion Instruments:
Oros, Martin
Artist:
Pressburger Klezmer Band — פּ ק בּ
Piano:
Suska, Pavol
Clarinet:
Tago, Miro
Fiddle:
Werner, Andrej
Double Bass/Music Supervisor:
Zuchowski, Adam
First line:
A tensl makh, shtern…oys gern, bay dokh yidn, groyse freyd bi zey, ay ay ay…unter der khupe dos kind shteyn vi der tate
First line (Yiddish):
אַ טענסל מאַך, שטערן...אויס גערן בײַ דאָך ייִדן, גרויסע פֿרייד בײַ זיי, אַײַ אַײַ אײַ...אונטער דער תופּה דאָס קינד שטייען,..
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert/Klezmer
Length:
3:12
On album:
K-093(a) (Klezmer / Yiddish Swing Music)
Track ID:
30806
Vocal:
Rechtzeit, Seymour — רעכצײַט, סימאָר
Artist:
Abe Ellstein Orchestra — אײב עלשטײַן אָרקעסטער
First line:
Lomir ale tantsn mit a hopkele, a freylekh hopkele,
First line (Yiddish):
לאָמיר אַלע טאַנצן מיט אַ האָפּקעלע, אַ פֿרײלעך האָפּקעלע,
Track comment:
Originally recorded 1941/From the operetta "Vos Meydelekh Toen"
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Pop/Theater/Klezmer
Length:
2:37

Ikh Bin Farlibt (Olshanetsky) — איך בין פֿאָרליבט (אָלשאַנעטסקי)

Author:
Jacobs, Jacob — זשאַקאָבס, זשאַקאָב
Composer:
Olshanetsky, Alexander — אָלשאַנעצקי, אַלעקסאַנדער
Genre:
Theater
Subject:
Love/Memory
Additional song notes:
From the musical "A Gan Edn Far Tsvey - A Paradise for Two"
Sheet music:
Folder:
867
Series:
4
Arranged for:
Voice/Piano
Texts:
Transliteration
Provenance:
Gift of Robert & Molly Freedman/Purchased from Sal Kliger/KlezKamp 2005
First line:
Dos vos du dermanst mikh yetst iz a getlikh bild az ikh….
First line (Yiddish):
דאָס וואָס דו דערמאָנסט מיך יעצט איז אַ געטליך בילד אַז איך...
Notes:
Dark blue lettering, Yiddish/English/Transliteration. Photos of Bela Meyzel, Aaron Lebedeff, Alexander Olshanetsky and Jacob Jacobs. (page missing from sheet music).

Recording

On album:
L-002(f) (Aaron Lebedeff Sings Fourteen Yiddish Favorites - Volume 2)
Track ID:
7107
Vocal:
Lebedeff, Aaron — לעבעדאָװ, אהרן
First line:
Ikh hob dermontke benyetshke, a getlekh sheyne bild,
First line:
איך האָב דערמאָנטקע בעניעטשקע, אַ געטלעך שײנע בילד,

Ikh Vel Eybik Dikh Gedenken — איך װעל אײביק דיך געדענקען

Author:
Jacobs, Jacob — זשאַקאָבס, זשאַקאָב
Author:
Lillian, Isadore — ליליאַן, איסאַדאָר
Composer:
Ellstein, Abe — עלשטײַן, אײב
Genre:
Theater/Love
Subject:
Romance/Memory/
Additional song notes:
From the play " Wish Me Luck" by Isadore Friedman and Israel Rosenberg
Sheet music:
Folder:
516
Series:
4
Arranged for:
Voice/Piano
Texts:
Yiddish/Transliteration
Publisher:
Metro Music Co.
Publisher address:
64 Second Ave, New York, NY
Date:
1945
Provenance:
Schper-Rosenthal Sheet Music Collection, Gift of Faye & Jerry Rosenthal
Mel & Shrifra Gold Project, NYBC Catlg #:
260
First line:
Gedenkstu dem tog ven mir hoben zikh bayde bagegent….
First line (Yiddish):
געדענקסטו דעם טאָג ווען מיר האַבען זיך ביידע באַגעגענט...
Notes:
Blue lettering, Yiddish/English. Photos of Abe Ellstein, Muni Serebroff and Miriam Kressyn on cover. From the play by Isidore Friedman and Israel Rosenberg "Wish Me Luck". Recorded on Columbia records No. 8235F by Seymour Rechzeit. Price 35 cents. Yiddish words on back cover.

Recordings

On album:
R-016(a) (Sing and Dance Some Freilachs with Seymour Rechtzeit)
Track ID:
7205
Vocal:
Rechtzeit, Seymour — רעכצײַט, סימאָר
Artist:
Abe Ellstein Orchestra — אײב עלשטײַן אָרקעסטער
Clarinet:
Tarras, Dave — טאַראַס, דײװ
First line:
Ikh vel eybik dikh gedenken, bist arayn in harts bay mir,
First line:
איך װעל אייביק דיך געדענקען, ביסט אַרײַן אין האַרץ בײַ מיר,
On album:
S-031(b) (Mary Soreanu Di Shikerte — מערי סאָריאַנו די שיכּורטע)
Track ID:
7206
Vocal:
Soriano, Miri — סוריאנו, מירי
Arranger:
Lustig, Alexander — לוסטיג, אַלעקסאַנדער
First line:
Ikh vel eybik dikh gedenken, bist arayn in harts bay mir,
First line:
איך װעל אייביק דיך געדענקען, ביסט אַרײַן אין האַרץ בײַ מיר,
On album:
B-012(q) (The Burstein Family III. Cast Album)
Track ID:
37043
Vocal:
Burstein, Mike — בורשטײַן, מײַק
Vocal:
Burstein, Peysekhke — בורשטײַן, פּסחקע
Vocal:
Lux, Lillian — לוקס, ליליאַן
Vocal:
Burstein, Susan — בורשטייַן, זיסל
First line:
Gedenkstu dem tog ven mir hobn zikh beyde gagegnt,
First line (Yiddish):
געדענקסטו דעם טאָג װען מיר האָבן זיך בײדע באַגעגנט,
Track comment:
Recorded under "Kh'vel Eybik Dikh Gedenken"
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
Y-004(b) (S'benkt Zikh Aheym Di Beste Lider Fun Di Beste Zingers — ס'בענקט זיך אַהײם די בעסטע לידער פֿון די בעסטע זינגערס)
Track ID:
21741
Vocal:
Burstein, Peysekhke — בורשטײַן, פּסחקע
Vocal:
Lux, Lillian — לוקס, ליליאַן
First line:
Gedenkstu dem tog ven mir hobn zikh beyde gagegnt,
First line:
געדענקסטו דעם טאָג װען מיר האָבן זיך בײדע באַגעגנט,
On album:
B-012(d) (Songs From Two Great Yiddish Musicals Burstein — בורשטײן לידער פֿון צװײ גרױסע ייִדישע אָפּערעטעס)
Track ID:
7207
Vocal:
Burstein, Peysekhke — בורשטײַן, פּסחקע
Vocal:
Lux, Lillian — לוקס, ליליאַן
First line:
Gedenkstu dem tog ven mir hobn zikh beyde gagegnt,
First line (Yiddish):
געדענקסטו דעם טאָג װען מיר האָבן זיך בײדע באַגעגנט,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Recorded under "Kh'vel Eybik Dikh Gedenken"
Language:
Yiddish

Ikh Vil — איך װיל

Author:
Jacobs, Jacob — זשאַקאָבס, זשאַקאָב
Composer:
Ellstein, Abe — עלשטײַן, אײב
Genre:
Theater
Subject:
Women/Experience/Flirt/Desire
Additional song notes:
From the musical comedy "Don't Worry"
Sheet music:
Folder:
518
Series:
4
Arranged for:
Voice/Piano
Texts:
Yiddish/Transliteration
Publisher:
Metro Music Co.
Publisher address:
64 Second Ave, New York, NY
Date:
1951
Provenance:
Schper-Rosenthal Sheet Music Collection, Gift of Faye & Jerry Rosenthal
Mel & Shrifra Gold Project, NYBC Catlg #:
262
First line:
Ikh hob gehat a sakh bagegenishn mit meydlakh…
First line (Yiddish):
איך האָב געהאַט אַ סאַך באַגעגענעשען מיט מיידלאַך,אַ
Notes:
Blue lettering, English/Yiddish. "Ikh Vil, Ikh Vil, Ikh Vil - I Wanna-I Wanna-I Wanna". Sung by Leo Fuchs and Miriam Kressyn. Featured in the musical comedy "Don't Worry", starring Leo Fuchs and Irving Jacobson. Book by William Siegel. Photos of Abe Ellstein, Miriam Kressyn and Leo Fuchs on cover. Price 40 cents. Yiddish words on back cover.

Recordings

On album:
G-001(e) (Yiddish Songs sung by Henry Gerro and Rosita Londner — ייִדיש לידער געזונגען פֿון הנרי גערראָ - - רוזיתה לונדנער)
Track ID:
7215
Vocal:
Londner, Rosita — לאָנדנער, ראָזיטאַ
Artist:
Gerro, Henry and his Band — גערראָ, הענרי און זײַן קאַפּעליע
First line:
Ikh vil, ikh vil, ikh vil a libe shpiln,
First line (Yiddish):
איך װיל, איך װיך, איך װיל אַ ליבע שפּילן,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
G-024(a) (Lebekik Un Yidish Pinie Goldsten Anna Rappel — לעבעדיק און ייִדיש)
Track ID:
20077
Vocal:
Goldshteyn, Pinie — גאָלדשטײן, פּיניע
Artist:
Honigsberg, Ernesto & His Orch
Vocal:
Rappel, Anna — ראַפּעל, אַנאַ
First line:
Ikh hob gehat a sakh bagegenish mit meydlekh,
First line:
איך האָב געהאַט אַ סך באַגעגעניש מיט מײדלעך,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
With "Der Khivote Khusn"

Ikh Vil Es Hern Nokh A Mol — איך װיל עס הערן נאָך אַ מאָל

Author:
Lillian, Isadore — ליליאַן, איסאַדאָר
Author:
Jacobs, Jacob — זשאַקאָבס, זשאַקאָב
Composer:
Ellstein, Abe — עלשטײַן, אײב
Genre:
Theater/Love
Subject:
Romance/Love/Books/Feelings/Attraction/Repitition
Origin:
SM 517
Transliteration:
SM 517
Translation:
Alb M-068(a)04
Music:
SM 517
Additional song notes:
From the musical comedy "I'm In Love" by William Siegal.
Sheet music:
Folder:
517
Series:
4
Arranged for:
Voice/Piano
Texts:
Yiddish/Transliteration
Publisher:
Metro Music Co.
Publisher address:
64 Second Ave, New York, NY
Date:
1946
Provenance:
Schper-Rosenthal Sheet Music Collection, Gift of Faye & Jerry Rosenthal
Mel & Shrifra Gold Project, NYBC Catlg #:
261
First line:
Es zenen oyf der velt faranen fil bikher romanen, fun groyse
First line (Yiddish):
עס זעזען אויף דער וועלט פֿאַראַנען פֿיל ביכער ראָמאַנען, פֿון גרויסע ליבעס .
Notes:
Brown lettering, Yiddish/English. From the musical comedy "I'm In Love" by William Siegel. Starring Menasha Skulnik. Photos on front cover of Abraham Ellstein, Lilly Lilliana and Leon Liebgold. Price 35 cents. Yiddish words on back cover.

Recordings

On album:
F-041(a) (Freilach Express Plays Klezmer Music / East Goes West)
Track ID:
26080
Author:
Jacobs, Jacob / Isadore Lillian — דזאַקאָבס, דזאַקאָב \ איסאַדאָר ליליאַן
Composer:
Ellstein, Abe — עלשטײַן, אײב
Artist:
Bohm, Sofia & Freilach Express
First line:
Es zaynan oyf der velt faranen fil bikher, romanen,
First line:
עס זײַנען אױף דער װעלט פֿאַראַנען פֿיל ביכער, ראָמאַנען,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
On album:
M-068(a)04 (Milken/ Abraham Ellstein: Great Songs of The Yiddish Stage Volume 1)
Track ID:
42423
Vocal:
Goldstein, Amy
Vocal:
Spiro, Cantor Simon
Artist:
Vienna Chamber Orchestra
Orchestrations/Arranger:
Russ, Patrick
Conductor:
Jaffe, Elli
First line:
Es zaynan oyf der velt faranen fil bikher, romanen, groyse libes dortn…
First line (Yiddish):
עס זײַנען אױף דער װעלט פֿאַראַנען פֿיל ביכער, ראָמאַנען, גרויסע ליבעס דאָרטן...
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert/Duet
Length:
3:43

Ikh Vil Tsurik Aheym — איך װיל צוריק אַהײם

Author:
Jacobs, Jacob — זשאַקאָבס, זשאַקאָב
Composer:
Olshanetsky, Alexander — אָלשאַנעצקי, אַלעקסאַנדער
Genre:
Theatre
Subject:
Homesickness/Immigrat/Return/Nostalgia
Origin:
Yiddish Forward June 22, 2001/Alb L-002(f)

Recordings

On album:
L-002(f) (Aaron Lebedeff Sings Fourteen Yiddish Favorites - Volume 2)
Track ID:
7229
Vocal:
Lebedeff, Aaron — לעבעדאָװ, אהרן
First line:
Ikh bin geforn iber yamen, hob gevolt zol zayn tsuzamen...
First line:
איך בין געפֿאָרן איבער ימען, האָב געװאָלט זײַן צוזאַמען מיט...
On album:
G-013(d)2 (Song of the Golden Land Lectures 03 and 04)
Track ID:
7230
Vocal:
Lebedeff, Aaron — לעבעדאָװ, אהרן
First line:
Ikh bin geforn iber yamen, hob gevolt zol zayn tsuzamen...
First line:
איך בין געפֿאָרן איבער ימען, האָב געװאָלט זײַן צוזאַמען מיט...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Lecture 3, Song of the Golden Land, Journey and Arrival
On album:
F-027(b) (Myriam Fuks)
Track ID:
21486
Vocal:
Fuks, Myriam
First line:
Ikh bin geforn iber yamen, hob gevolt zol zayn tsuzamen...
First line:
איך בין געפֿאָרן איבער ימען, האָב געװאָלט זײַן צוזאַמען מיט...
Track comment:
Credited to Lebedeff

Jekele, Shik Mir A Tshekele — דזשעקעלע, שיק מיר אַ טשעקעלע

Also known as:
Mayn Tayer Jekele abc
Author:
Jacobs, Jacob — זשאַקאָבס, זשאַקאָב
Composer:
Kreitzberg, Yasha — קרײַצבערג, יאַשאַ
Genre:
Theatre/Vaudville/Shund
Subject:
Wife/Money/Vacation/Cards/Check/Borscht Belt/Staff
Origin:
Kammen 25F 65
Transliteration:
Alb L-009(a)/Alb W-031(a)/Kammen 25F 38
Translation:
Alb W-031(a)
Music:
Kammen 25F 38
Additional song notes:
Same melody as "Tsvey Briv Tsum Lyadier Rebn"

Recordings

On album:
L-009(a) (Yiddish Sing Along with Cy Levitan- His Orchestra and Chorus — ייִדיש זינג מיט)
Track ID:
7605
Author/Composer:
Jacobs, Jacob — זשאַקאָבס, זשאַקאָב
Artist:
Cy Levitan Orchestra and Chorus
First line:
Mayn tayer jekele, shik mir a tshekele, vayl di vayber vil..
First line:
מײַן טײַער דזשעקעלע, שיק מיר אַ טשעקעלע, װײַל די װײַבער װיל…
Track comment:
Transliteration of part of song with album.
On album:
V-005(a) (The Best Of Yiddish Vaudeville)
Track ID:
7606
Author/Composer/Artist:
Jacobs, Jacob — זשאַקאָבס, זשאַקאָב
First line:
Mayn tayer jekele, shik mir a tshekele, vayl di vayber vil..
First line:
מײַן טײַער דזשעקעלע, שיק מיר אַ טשעקעלע, װײַל די װײַבער װיל…
Track comment:
Recorded under "Mein Teier Jackalle"
On album:
V-005(a)1 (The Best Of Yiddish Vaudeville Vol 1 & Michel Rosenberg)
Track ID:
23731
Author/Composer/Artist:
Jacobs, Jacob — זשאַקאָבס, זשאַקאָב
First line:
Mayn tayer jekele, shik mir a tshekele, vayl di vayber vil..
First line:
מײַן טײַער דזשעקעלע, שיק מיר אַ טשעקעלע, װײַל די װײַבער װיל...
Track comment:
Recorded under "Mein Teier Jackalle"
On album:
W-031(a) (Mauro Wrona / The Best Of Yiddish Vaudeville)
Track ID:
27849
Vocal:
Wrono, Mauro — װראָנאָ, מאַוראָ
Artist:
Klezmer Brazil Band
Piano:
Travossos, Tania Frankiel
Clarinet/Musical Direction:
Travossos, Alexandre Fracalanza
Violin:
Stein, Daniel
Acoustic Bass:
Dias, Neimar
Drums:
Marini, Ricardo
Trombone:
Moreira, Joao Paulo
Trumpet:
Jose de Melo, Luciano
Arranger:
Spielvogel, Erika
First line:
Vacation tsayt a yedes yor, forn di vayber in der kontri gor, zey hobn dort...
First line (Yiddish):
װאַקאַטשון צײַט אַ יעדעס יאָר, פֿאָרן די ײַער אין דער קוֹמטרי גאָר,
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Theatre/Klezmer/Vaudville
Length:
002:23

Lakh Un Zay Freylekh — לאַך און זײַ פֿרײלעך

Author:
Jacobs, Jacob — זשאַקאָבס, זשאַקאָב
Composer:
Secunda, Sholom — סעקונדאַ, שלום
Genre:
Theater/Novelty/Humorous
Subject:
Laughter/Joy/Israel/USA
Sheet music:
Folder:
274
Series:
4
Arranged for:
Voice/Piano
Texts:
Yiddish/Transliteration
Publisher:
Metro Music Co.
Publisher address:
64 Second Ave, New York, NY
Date:
1950
Provenance:
Schper-Rosenthal Sheet Music Collection, Gift of Faye & Jerry Rosenthal
Mel & Shrifra Gold Project, NYBC Catlg #:
64
First line:
Lakh un zay freylakh, s'gantse leben lang hert not oyf….
First line (Yiddish):
לאַך און זייַ פֿריילעך, דאָס גאַנצע לעבען לאַנג, הער ניט אויף צו לאָכען,
Notes:
Blue lettering in Yiddish/English. Large photo of Leo Fuchs and Edmund Zayenda. Small oval insert photo of Sholom Secunda. Price 40 cents. Listing on back cover of new songs. Three verses in Yiddish on inside cover.

Recording

On album:
F-009(d) (Leo Fuchs Sings Yiddish Theatre Favorites)
Track ID:
8828
Artist:
Fuchs, Leo — פֿוקס, לעאָ
First line:
Lakh un zay freylekh, dos gantse lebn lang ken nisht...
First line:
לאַך און זײַ פֿרײלעך, דאָס גאַנצע לעבן לאַנג קען נישט אָפּצולאַכן,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Libe Heym — ליבע הײם

Also known as:
A Gute Heym
Author:
Jacobs, Jacob — זשאַקאָבס, זשאַקאָב
Composer:
Olshanetsky, Alexander — אָלשאַנעצקי, אַלעקסאַנדער
Genre:
Theater
Subject:
Memory/Home

Recording

On album:
G-001(g) (Henry Gerro — הענרי געררא)
Track ID:
18486
Vocal:
Londner, Rosita — לאָנדנער, ראָזיטאַ
First line:
A libe heym iz a brokhe nor fun got, a zise heym...
First line:
אַ ליבע הײם איז אַ בּרכה נאָר פֿון גאָט, אַ זיסע הײם...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Malkele Dem Rebns — מלכּהלע דעם רבּנס

Author:
Jacobs, Jacob — זשאַקאָבס, זשאַקאָב
Composer:
Ellstein, Abe — עלשטײַן, אײב
Genre:
Theater
Subject:
Name/Identity
Origin:
Sheet Music
Music:
Sheet Music
Additional song notes:
Malkele, The Rabbi's Daughter
Sheet music:
Folder:
22
Series:
1
Arranged for:
Voice/Piano
Translator:
Henry Greenfield
Texts:
Yiddish/Transliteration/Translation
Publisher:
Metro Music, Co
Publisher address:
64 Second Ave, New York
Date:
1937
Provenance:
Gift of Barbara Moscow, March 2014
First line:
Malkele dem rebens, azoy ruft mir yeder in mayn shtetl,
First line (Yiddish):
מלכּה'לע דעם רבּנס, אַזוי רופֿט מיך אַ יעדער אין מײַן שטעטל, ...
Notes:
Printed Sheet Music with "Farges Mikh Nit"/ Image insert of Molly Picon and Yakob Sussanoff/ Also image of Abraham Ellstein

Recording

On album:
P-002(d) (Jan Peerce on 2nd Ave Orch Conducted by Gershon Kingsley)
Track ID:
9656
Author:
Jacobs, Jacob — זשאַקאָבס, זשאַקאָב
Composer:
Ellstein, Abe — עלשטײַן, אײב
Vocal:
Peerce, Jan
Conductor Orchestra:
Kingsley, Gershon
Arranger:
Kingsley, Gershon
First line:
Malkele dem rebens, azoy ruft zi yeder in der shtetl,
First line:
מלכּהלע דעם רבּנס, אזױ רופֿט זי יעדער און דער שטעטל,
Track comment:
From the operetta "Malkele Dem Rebns" - 1937

Mayn Mazldiker Tog — מײַן מזלדיקער טאָג

Also known as:
My Lucky Day
Author:
Jacobs, Jacob — זשאַקאָבס, זשאַקאָב
Composer:
Rumshinsky, Yosef — רומשינסקי, יאָסף
Genre:
Theater
Subject:
Love
Additional song notes:
From the musical "My Lucky Day"
Sheet music:
Folder:
369
Series:
4
Arranged for:
Voice/Piano
Texts:
Yiddish/Transliteration
Publisher:
Metro Music Co.
Publisher address:
64 Second Ave, New York, NY
Date:
1952
Provenance:
Schper-Rosenthal Sheet Music Collection, Gift of Faye & Jerry Rosenthal
Mel & Shrifra Gold Project, NYBC Catlg #:
147
First line:
My lucky day iz geven, My lucky day ven ikh khob dikh derzen
First line (Yiddish):
מײַן לאָקי דעי איז געווען, מײַן לאָקי דעי ווען איך האָב דיך דערזען,
Notes:
Blue lettering, English/Yiddish. (Meyn Mazldiker Tog). Sung by Edmund Zayenda & Selma Kaye. Photo inserts of Zayenda, Kaye and Joseph Rumshinsky. Price 40 cents. Produced by Irving Jacobson and Edmund Zayenda at the Second Avenue Theatre, New York.

Recording

On album:
F-032(d) (Gila Flam/ Miscl 78 rpm Selections)
Track ID:
23536
Vocal:
Bart, Jan
First line:
Mayn mazldiker tog, iz geven, mayn mazldiker tog, ven ikh..
First line:
מײַן מזלדיקער טאָג, איז געװען, מײַן מאַזלדיקער טאָג, װען איך...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
copy from 78 rpm

Mayn Shtetele Belz — מײַן שטעטעלע בעלז

Also known as:
Belz
Author:
Jacobs, Jacob — זשאַקאָבס, זשאַקאָב
Composer:
Olshanetsky, Alexander — אָלשאַנעצקי, אַלעקסאַנדער
Genre:
Theatre/Nostalgia/Memory/Literary Origin
Subject:
Place/Belz/Childhood
Origin:
GYF 20/ML PYS 260/Alb G-035(b)/Vinkov 5 309
Transliteration:
Alb B-007(c)/GYF 23/Alb L-048(a)/Alb B-007(c)/Alb G-013(c)/ML PYS 260/
Translation:
Alb H-006(a)/Alb L-023(b)/GYF 23/Alb J-024(a)1/Alb K-029(g)/Vinkov 5 311
Music:
GYF 20/Estella 26/ML PYS 260/Vinkov 5 308
Additional song notes:
From the play "Ghetto Song" or "Song of the Ghetto Also translation and transliteration published in Alb T-028(b) Characterized by Karsten Troyke as "Traditional"
Sheet music:
Folder:
75
Series:
4
Arranged for:
Piano/Voice
Texts:
Yiddish/Transliteration
Publisher:
J. & J. Kammen Music Co., Inc
Publisher address:
305 Roebling Street, Brooklyn, NY
Date:
1932
Provenance:
Gift of Robert & Molly Freedman, 1996
First line:
Dertseyl mir alter, dertseyl mir geshvind,
First line (Yiddish):
דערצייל מיר אַלטער, דערצייל מיר געזווינד,
Notes:
Cover: Photocopy of sheetmusic. Title in Yiddish and English (My ì Little Home Town Belz) Photograph of either Jacobs or Olshanetsky. As originally introduced by the celebrated artiste Isa Kremer. List of other artists who sang this song. Price 30 cents net.
Folder:
1251
Series:
4
Arranged for:
Tenor Sax
Texts:
Transliteration
Provenance:
Gendelman Gift
First line:
Belz, mayn shtetele belz, mayn heymele vu ikh hob mayne...
Notes:
with "Glik, Du bist Gekumen Tsu Shpet"

Recordings

On album:
W-002(b) (Benzion Witler Lomir Ale Freilich Sein — לאָמיר אַלע פֿרײליך זײַן בּן-ציון ויטלער)
Track ID:
9963
Vocal:
Witler, Ben Tsion — װיטלער, בּן ציון
Artist:
Kreisler, Marcel — קרײַסלער, מאַרסעל
First line:
Az ikh dermon zikh in mayne kinder yorn, pinkt vi a kholem..
First line (Yiddish):
אַז אַיך דערמאָן זיך אין מײַנע קינדער יאָרן, פּינקט װי אַ חלום...
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
W-014(a) (Yiddish Program For Soviet Jewry Workman's Circle Chorus)
Track ID:
9964
Artist:
Workmen's Circle Chorus, Phila — אַרבעטער רינג כאָר, פֿילאַ.
Conductor:
Helzner, Morrie — העלזנער, מאָרי
Artist:
Seidman, Claire, piano
First line:
Belz, mayn shtetele Belz, Mayn heymele vu ikh hob mayne...
First line (Yiddish):
בעלז, מײַן שטעטעלע בעלז, מײַן העמעלע װוּ איך האָב מײַנע קינדערשע
Track comment:
Sheyn Vi Di Levone
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
A-009(a) (Jewish Folk Songs Joey Adams - Sholom Secunda with Guests)
Track ID:
9965
Vocal:
Adams, Joey
Conductor:
Secunda, Sholom — סעקונדאַ, שלום
First line:
Belz, mayn shtetele Belz, Mayn heymele vu ikh hob mayne...
First line (Yiddish):
בעלז, מײַן שטעטעלע בעלז, מײַן היימעלע װוּ איך האָב מײַנע קינדערשע
Track comment:
Medley, Lomir Ale Zingen, Lomir Zikh Iberbetn, Sha Shtil
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
B-007(c) (Theodore Bikel sings Yiddish Theatre and Folk Songs)
Track ID:
9966
Vocal:
Bikel, Theodore
Arranger/Conductor:
Seltzer, Dov — זלצר, דב
First line:
Ven ikh dermon zikh in mayne kinder yorn, punkt vi a...
First line (Yiddish):
װען אַיך דערמאָן זיך אין מײַנע קינדער יאָרן, פּונק װי אַ חלום...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
S-071(a) (Gwiazdy Na Dachu / Shtern Oyfn Dakh / Stars on the Roof — שטערן אױפֿן דאַך)
Track ID:
9967
Artist:
Tencer, Golda — טענצער, גאָלדאַ
First line:
Mayn shtele belz, mayn shtetele belz, belz, belz, belz
First line (Yiddish):
מײַן שטעטעלע בעלז, מײַן שטעטעלע בעלז, בעלז, בעלז, בעלז,
Track comment:
Recorded in Poland
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
B-012(k) (Mike Burstyn Rozhinkes mit Mandlen and other great...songs — מײַק בורשטײן ראָזהינקעס מיט מאַנדלען און באַליבטע ייִדישע לידער)
Track ID:
9968
Vocal/Director:
Burstein, Mike — בורשטײַן, מײַק
Artist:
Shwartsman, A., arr — שװאַרצמאַן, פּ., באַאַרבעטונג
First line:
Dertseyl mir alter, dertseyl mir geshvind, Veyl ikh vil...
First line (Yiddish):
דערצײל מיר אַלטער, דערצײל מיר געשװינד, װײַל איך װיל װיסן אַלץ..
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
B-012(o) (A Concert With Lillian Lux)
Track ID:
9969
Vocal:
Lux, Lillian — לוקס, ליליאַן
First line:
Dertseyl mir mama, dertseyl mir geshvind, Veyl ikh vil...
First line (Yiddish):
דערצײל מיר מאַמע, דערצײל מיר געשװינד, װײַל איך װיל װיסן אַלץ...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
B-012(p) (The Burstein Family II. " My Shtetale Belz")
Track ID:
9970
Vocal:
Lux, Lillian — לוקס, ליליאַן
First line:
Dertseyl mir mama, dertseyl mir geshvind, Veyl ikh vil...
First line (Yiddish):
דערצײל מיר מאַמע, דערצײל מיר געשװינד, װײַל איך װיל װיסן אַלץ...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
B-028(d) (The Barry Sisters Sing)
Track ID:
9971
Vocal:
Barry Sisters — שװעסטער באַרי
Artist:
Ellstein, Abe — עלשטײַן, אײב
First line:
Belz, mayn shtetele Belz, Mayn heymele vu ikh hob mayne...
First line (Yiddish):
בעלז, מײַן שטעטעלע בעלז, מײַן היימעלע װוּ איך האָב מײַנע קינדערשע
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
P-025(a) (Pearls of Yiddish Song — פּערל פֿון ייִדישן ליד)
Track ID:
9972
Vocal:
Rechtzeit, Seymour — רעכצײַט, סימאָר
Artist:
Mlotek, Zalmen — מלאָטעק, זלמן, (1951)
First line:
Belz, mayn shtetele Belz, Mayn heymele vo ikh hob mayne...
First line (Yiddish):
בעלז, מײַן שטעטעלע בעלז, מײַן הײמעלע װוּ איך האָב מײַן קינדערשע..
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
H-006(a) (Jewish Folk Songs from Russia)
Track ID:
9937
Artist:
Guzik, Anya — גוזיק, אַניע (חנה)
Piano:
Yakubovich, Moise I. — יאַקןבאָװיטש, משה, פּיאַנע
First line:
Ven ikh dermon zikh in di kinder yorn, nor vi a kholem...
First line (Yiddish):
װען אַיך דערמאָן זיך אין די קינדער יאָרן, נאָר װי אַ חלום ...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Recorded in USSR.
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
H-006(b) (Yiddish Songs and Dances Jewish Folk Music from Eastern Eur)
Track ID:
9938
Artist:
Guzik, Anya — גוזיק, אַניע (חנה)
Piano:
Yakubovich, Moise I. — יאַקןבאָװיטש, משה, פּיאַנע
First line:
Ven ikh dermon zikh in di kinder yorn, nor vi a kholem...
First line (Yiddish):
װען אַיך דערמאָן זיך אין די קינדער יאָרן, נאָר װי אַ חלום ...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Recorded in USSR.
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
J-003(a) (Judith Accompagnee par Didier Bolland)
Track ID:
9939
Artist:
Judith
Artist:
Boland, Didier Orchestra
Artist:
Bertret, G. / Didier Bolland, arr
First line:
Ven ikh dermon zikh in di kinder yorn, nor vi a kholem...
First line (Yiddish):
װען אַיך דערמאָן זיך אין מײַנע קינדער יאָרן, װי אַ חלום װערט...
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
E-014(a) (ESPE Performance Tape No 1)
Track ID:
9940
Artist:
ESPY
First line:
Ven ikh dermon zikh in mayne kinder yorn, azoy vi a kholem..
First line (Yiddish):
װען אַיך דערמאָן זיך אין מײַנע קינדער יאָרן, אַזױ װי אַ חלום...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Recorded in West Germany.
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
E-014(b) (ESPE Performance Tape No 2)
Track ID:
9941
Artist:
ESPY
First line:
Ven ikh dermon zikh in mayne kinder yorn, azoy vi a kholem..
First line (Yiddish):
װען אַיך דערמאָן זיך אין מײַנע קינדער יאָרן, אַזױ װי אַ חלום...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Recorded in West Germany.
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
E-014(c) (ESPE Jiddische Lieder 3 Maseltow — ייִדישע לידער)
Track ID:
9942
Artist:
ESPY
First line:
Ven ikh dermon zikh in mayne kinder yorn, azoy vi a kholem..
First line (Yiddish):
װען אַיך דערמאָן זיך אין מײַנע קינדער יאָרן, אַזױ װי אַ חלום...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
K-007(a) (Sing-Along IN Yiddish with Marv Kurz — זינגט מיט מיר אין ייִדיש)
Track ID:
9943
Artist:
Kurz, Marv
First line:
Belz, mayn shtetele Belz, Mayn heymele vu ikh hob mayne...
First line (Yiddish):
בעלז, מײַן שטעטעלע בעלז, מײַן היימעלע װוּ איך האָב מײַנע קינדערשע
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Transliteration of part of song with album.
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
R-016(b) (Seymour Rexsite Sings Jewish Folk Songs & Yiddish Theatre...)
Track ID:
9944
Vocal:
Rechtzeit, Seymour — רעכצײַט, סימאָר
First line:
Belz, mayn shtetele Belz, Mayn heymele vo ikh hob mayne...
First line (Yiddish):
בעלז, מײַן שטעטעלע בעלז, מײַן הײמעלע װוּ איך האָב מײַן קינדערשע..
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
F-024(b) (Golden Yiddish Favorites 20 Songs David Fisher — גולדענע לידער 20 לידער די בעסטע ייִדישע לידער דודו פישר)
Track ID:
9945
Vocal:
Fisher, Dovid (Dudu) פֿישער, דוד (דודו)
First line:
Dertseyl mir alter, dertseyl mir geshvind, Veyl ikh vil...
First line (Yiddish):
דערצײל מיר אַלטער, דערצײל מיר געשװינד, װײַל איך װיל װיסן אַלץ..
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
B-046(a) (Willi Brill and Pieter Van Der Staak Sing and Play Yiddish — משהלע מײַן פֿרײַנד)
Track ID:
9946
Artist:
Brill, Willi
Guitar:
Staak, Pieter Van Der
Arranger:
Staak, Pieter Van Der
First line:
Oy, az ikh dermon zikh in mayne kinder yorn, oy, vi a...
First line (Yiddish):
אַױ, אַז אַיך דערמאָן זיך אין מײַנע קינדער יאָרן, אַױ, װי אַ חלום...
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
B-012(n) (Peysekhke Burstein Lillian Lux Mike Burstein Susan... — פּסחקע בורשטײַן ליליאַן לוקס מאָטעלע זיסעלע שירי בּיידיש)
Track ID:
9947
Vocal:
Lux, Lillian — לוקס, ליליאַן
First line:
Dertseyl mir mame, dertseyl mir geshvind, Veyl ikh vil...
First line (Yiddish):
דערצײל מיר מאַמע, דערצײל מיר געשװינד, װײַל איך װיל װיסן אַלץ...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
D-017(b) (Dany Delmin 19 chansons "yiddish" eternelles — דאַני דעלמאַן 19 אײביקע ייִדיש לידער)
Track ID:
9948
Artist:
Delmin, Dany, Orchestra & Chorus — דעלמין, דאַני, אָרקעסטער און כאָב
Conductor/ Arranger:
Delmin, Dany, conductor and arr — דעלמין, דאַני, דיריגענט און אַראַנ
First line:
Belz, mayn shtetele Belz, Mayn heymele vu ikh hob mayne...
First line (Yiddish):
בעלז, מײַן שטעטעלע בעלז, מײַן היימעלע װוּ איך האָב מײַנע קינדערשע
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
G-037(a) (Hanna Greenbaum In Yiddish Songs — חנה גרינבאום ייִדישע לידער)
Track ID:
9949
Artist:
Greenbaum Hanna — גרינבױם, חנה
Artist:
Osherovits, M., orchestra — אָשעראָװעץ, מ., אָרקעסטער
First line:
Dertseyl mir alter, dertseyl mir geshvind, Veyl ikh vil...
First line (Yiddish):
דערצײל מיר אַלטער, דערצײל מיר געשװינד, װײַל איך װיל װיסן אַלץ..
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
L-027(a) (Stanley Laudan and his Ensemble YIDDISH COCKTAIL)
Track ID:
9950
Artist:
Stanley Laudan Ensemble
Vocal/Ensemble Conductor:
Laudan, Stanley
First line:
Ikh bin gevezn in di gantse velt, ikh hob gezen yeder...
First line (Yiddish):
איך בין געװעזן אין די גאַנצע װעלט, איך האָב געזען יעדער...
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Latin
On album:
L-027(b) (Yiddish Family Album Featuring Rita Marlowe & Stanley Laudan)
Track ID:
9951
Artist:
Stanley Laudan Ensemble
Vocal/Ensemble Conductor:
Laudan, Stanley
First line:
Ikh bin gevezn in di gantse velt, ikh hob gezen yeder...
First line (Yiddish):
איך בין געװעזן אין די גאַנצע װעלט, איך האָב געזען יעדער...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Latin
On album:
M-011(a) (Marry Me! Marry Me! An Original Soundtrack Recording)
Track ID:
9952
Artist:
Spence, Johnny Orchestra
First line:
Oy, Oy, Oy, Belz, mayn shtetele Belz, Mayn heymele vu ikh...
First line (Yiddish):
אױ, אױ, אױ, בעלז, מײַן שטעטעלע בעלז, מײַן היימעלע װוּ איך האָב..
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
M-033(a) (Naomi's Chevereh Yiddish Is In My Genes)
Track ID:
9953
Artist:
Naomi's Khevera
Piano:
Beer, Rose
Artist:
Miller, Harvey
Artist:
Naomi's Khevera
Drums:
Beer, Meir
First line:
Oy, oy, oy, Belz, mayn shtetele Belz, Mayn heymele vu ikh...
First line (Yiddish):
אױ, אױ, אױ, בעלז, מײַן שטעטעלע בעלז, מײַן היימעלע װוּ איך האָב...
Track comment:
Oyfn Pripetshik, Yome, Yome, Bill Bailey. medley of fragment
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
N-008(b) (Fay Nicoll The 2nd Album)
Track ID:
9954
Artist:
Nicoll, Fay
Arranger:
Reisenman, Bob
First line:
Belz, mayn shtetele Belz, Mayn heymele vu ikh hob mayne...
First line (Yiddish):
בעלז, מײַן שטעטעלע בעלז, מײַן היימעלע װוּ איך האָב מײַנע קינדערשע
Track comment:
Di Grine Kuzine, Vu Nemt Men Abisele Mazl, Dem Nayem Sher
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
P-002(d) (Jan Peerce on 2nd Ave Orch Conducted by Gershon Kingsley)
Track ID:
9955
Vocal:
Peerce, Jan
Conductor Orchestra:
Kingsley, Gershon
Arranger:
Kingsley, Gershon
First line:
Dertseyl mir alter, dertseyl mir geshvind, Veyl ikh vil...
First line (Yiddish):
דערצײל מיר אַלטער, דערצײל מיר געשװינד, װײַל איך װיל װיסן אַלץ..
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
R-010(c) (Piesni Zydowskie Jewish Songs — ייִדישע לידער)
Track ID:
9956
Artist:
Toper, Ino
Artist:
Wozniak, Jerzy Instrumental Ensemble
Arranger:
Pulver, Lev M. — פּולװער, לעװ מ.
First line:
Ven ikh dermon zikh in di kinder yorn, nor vi a kholem...
First line (Yiddish):
װען אַיך דערמאָן זיך אין די קינדער יאָרן, נאָר װי אַ חלום ...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Recorded in Poland
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
W-002(i) (Chansons Populaires Yiddish Vol 4 Benzion Witler — בּן ציון װיטלער ייִדישע פֿאָלקס לידער)
Track ID:
9973
Artist:
Witler, Ben Tsion — װיטלער, בּן ציון
First line:
Ven ikh dermon zikh in di kinder yorn, nor vi a kholem...
First line (Yiddish):
װען אַיך דערמאָן זיך אין די קינדער יאָרן, נאָר װי אַ חלום ...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
D-004(k) (Gems Of The Jewish Operetta Louis Danto)
Track ID:
9974
Vocal:
Danto, Cantor Louis — דאַנטאָ, חזן לואיס
Artist:
Jewish Instr Ensemb of Toronto
Conductor:
Heller, Charles
First line:
Dertseyl mir alter, dertseyl mir geshvind, Veyl ikh vil...
First line (Yiddish):
דערצײל מיר אַלטער, דערצײל מיר געשװינד, װײַל איך װיל װיסן אַלץ..
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
T-003(d) (Yidishe Lider Fun Tova Ben Tsvi — ייִדישע לידער פֿון טובה בּן צבי)
Track ID:
9975
Artist:
Ben-Tsvi, Tova
First line:
Dertseyl mir alter, dertseyl mir geshvind, Veyl ikh vil...
First line (Yiddish):
דערצײל מיר אַלטער, דערצײל מיר געשװינד, װײַל איך װיל װיסן אַלץ..
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
F-014(a) (Connie Francis Sings Jewish Favorites)
Track ID:
9976
Artist:
Francis, Connie
Artist:
Goeff Love Orchestra
Artist:
Fahey, Brian, arranger
First line:
Belz, mayn shtetele Belz, Mayn heymele vo ikh hob mayne...
First line (Yiddish):
בעלז, מײַן שטעטעלע בעלז, מײַן הײמעלע װוּ איך האָב מײַן קינדערשע..
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
F-018(b) (Mort Freeman Sings Hallelujah!)
Track ID:
9977
Vocal:
Freeman, Mort — פֿרימאַן, מאָרט
Conductor Orchestra:
Rosenblum, Monah — רוזנבלום, מונה
Arranger:
Reisenman, Bob
First line:
Dertseyl mir nor alter, dertseyl mir geshvind, Veyl ikh...
First line (Yiddish):
דערצײל מיר נאָר אַלטער, דערצײל מיר געשװינד, װײַל איך װיל װיסן.
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
F-020(c) (Leo Fuld)
Track ID:
9978
Artist:
Fuld, Leo — פֿולד, לעאָ
Piano, Arranger,Conductor:
Roman, Martin
First line:
Belz, mayn shtetele Belz, Mayn heymele vo ikh hob mayne...
First line (Yiddish):
בעלז, מײַן שטעטעלע בעלז, מײַן הײמעלע װוּ איך האָב מײַן קינדערשע..
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
F-020(b) (Leo Fuld Sings Roumanische Kretchme and other Yiddish Songs — ליאו פֿולד זינגט רומענישע קרעטשמע און אַנדערע ייִדישע לידער)
Track ID:
9979
Artist:
Fuld, Leo — פֿולד, לעאָ
Piano, Arranger,Conductor:
Roman, Martin
First line:
Belz, mayn shtetele Belz, Mayn heymele vo ikh hob mayne...
First line (Yiddish):
בעלז, מײַן שטעטעלע בעלז, מײַן הײמעלע װוּ איך האָב מײַן קינדערשע..
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
G-013(d)5 (Song of the Golden Land Lectures 09 and 10)
Track ID:
9981
Vocal:
Rechtzeit, Seymour — רעכצײַט, סימאָר
Narration:
Katzman, Dr. Jacob
First line:
There's a hill and a quaint old mill, there's a farmer and..
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Lecture 10, Song of the Golden Land, Simkhas
Language:
English
On album:
G-013(c) (The Golden Land, a joyous new musical Original Cast Album)
Track ID:
9982
Artist:
Berk, Phyllis
Artist:
Golden Land Klezmer Orchestra
Orchestration:
Sokolow, Pete — סוקולוב, פּסח
First line:
Belz, mayn shtetele Belz, Mayn heymele vo ikh hob mayne...
First line:
בעלז, מײַן שטעטעלע בעלז, מײַן הײמעלע װוּ איך האָב מײַן קינדערשע..
Language:
English/Yiddish
On album:
F-024(c) (Childhood Years Yiddish Soul Music David Fisher — שנות ילדות שירי נשמה אידיים דודו פישר)
Track ID:
9983
Hebrew Adaptation:
Koren, Avi — קורן, אבי
Vocal:
Fisher, Dovid (Dudu) פֿישער, דוד (דודו)
First line:
Saper li saba, saper od veod, rotse shuv ani be'yneni zot lir'ot
First line (Hebrew):
ספּר לי סבּא, ספּר עוֹד ועוֹד רוֹצה שׁוּב אני בּעיני זאת לראוֹת
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Hebrew
On album:
K-017(a) (Music for a Jewish Wedding Lenny Kaye and His Orchestra)
Track ID:
9984
Artist:
Kaye, Lenny and his Orchestra
First line:
Ven ikh dermon zikh in di yorn, nor vi a kholem farfloygn...
First line:
װען אַיך דערמאָן זיך אין די קינדער יאָרן, נאָר װי אַ חלום ...
Track comment:
Medley with Bay Mir Bistu Sheyn, Sheyn Vi Di Levone
Style:
Instrumental
On album:
T-007(c) (Freilach In Hi-Fi Jewish Wedding Dances)
Track ID:
9985
Clarinet:
Tarras, Dave — טאַראַס, דײװ
Artist:
Murray Lehrer Ensemble
Artist:
Levin, Lou, trumpet
First line:
Ven ikh dermon zikh in di yorn, nor vi a kholem farfloygn...
First line:
װען אַיך דערמאָן זיך אין די קינדער יאָרן, נאָר װי אַ חלום ...
Track comment:
Levone/ Oy Mame, Bin Ikh Farlibt/
Style:
Instrumental
On album:
K-040(a) (Twistin the Freilach with Lou Klayman and His Orchestra)
Track ID:
9986
Artist:
Klayman, Lou and his Orchestra
Arranger:
Weissman, Morris
First line:
Ven ikh dermon zikh in di yorn, nor vi a kholem farfloygn...
First line:
װען אַיך דערמאָן זיך אין די קינדער יאָרן, נאָר װי אַ חלום ...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
American style rock or twist beat.
Style:
Instrumental
On album:
P-020(a) (Paul Pincus and his Orchestra Music For Happy Occasions)
Track ID:
9987
Artist:
Paul Pincus Orchestra — פּאול פּינקוס אָרקעסטער
Accordion:
Unidentified
Bass:
Galazan, Charlie
Piano:
Eisenberg, Sam
Drums:
Corman, William
Trombone:
Kutcher, Sam
Trumpet:
Epstein, Willie
Tenor Sax:
Epstein, Max — עפּשטײן, מאַקס
Clarinet:
Pincus, Paul
Style:
Klezmer/Instrumental
On album:
K-045(a) (Nu! Klezmer Plus! Featuring Sid Beckerman and Howie Lees)
Track ID:
9988
Artist:
Klezmer Plus
First line:
Ven ikh dermon zikh in di kinder yorn, nor vi a kholem...
First line:
װען אַיך דערמאָן זיך אין די קינדער יאָרן, נאָר װי אַ חלום ...
Track comment:
Part of Medley with Vos Du Vilst and Skrip, Klezmer Skripe
Style:
Instrumental
On album:
I-009(a) (Michael Isaacson and The Israeli Pops Opening Night!)
Track ID:
9989
Arranger:
Lavender, Scott
Artist:
Isaacson, M & Scott Lavender, arr
Artist:
Israel Pops
Arranger/Conductor:
Isaacson, Michael
First line:
Ven ikh dermon zikh in di yorn, nor vi a kholem farfloygn...
First line:
װען אַיך דערמאָן זיך אין די קינדער יאָרן, נאָר װי אַ חלום ...
Track comment:
Mandlen/ A Yidishe Mame/ Tum Balalayke/
Style:
Instrumental
On album:
K-045(b) (Klezmer Plus! Featuring Sid Beckerman & Howie Leess)
Track ID:
9990
Bass:
Abruzzo, Tom
Clarinet:
Beckerman, Sid
Trumpet:
Gross, Ken
Artist:
Klezmer Plus
Tenor Sax:
Leess, Howie
Tenor Banjo:
Sapoznik, Henry — סאַפּאָזניק, הענעך
Piano:
Sokolow, Pete — סוקולוב, פּסח
First line:
Ven ikh dermon zikh in di kinder yorn, nor vi a kholem...
First line:
װען אַיך דערמאָן זיך אין די קינדער יאָרן, נאָר װי אַ חלום ...
Track comment:
Part of Medley with Vos Du Vilst and Skrip, Klezmer Skripe
Style:
Instrumental
On album:
S-080(a) (Sweet Dreams (Sheyne Chalomes) For Guitars and Flutes — שײנע חלומות)
Track ID:
9991
Artist:
Schonbrun, Bluma & Bill Bridges
Artist:
Schonbrun, B.& B. Bridges, arr
First line:
Ven ikh dermon zikh in di kinder yorn, nor vi a kholem...
First line:
װען אַיך דערמאָן זיך אין די קינדער יאָרן, נאָר װי אַ חלום ...
Track comment:
For Guitar and Flute
Style:
Instrumental
On album:
R-016(c) (Seymour Rexite Sings Popular Jewish Melodies)
Track ID:
9994
Vocal:
Rechtzeit, Seymour — רעכצײַט, סימאָר
First line:
Belz, mayn shtetele Belz, Mayn heymele vu ikh hob mayne...
First line:
בעלז, מײַן שטעטעלע בעלז, מײַן היימעלע װוּ איך האָב מײַנע קינדערשע
Language:
Yiddish/English
On album:
S-014(a) (Mimi Sloan Sings Moishe Oysher Melodies)
Track ID:
9995
Vocal:
Sloan, Mimi
First line:
Belz, oy belz, (2x) mayn shtetele Belz, Mayn heymele vu...
First line:
בעלז, אױ בילז, (2) מײַן שטעטעלע בעלז, מײַן היימעלע װוּ איך האָב..
Track comment:
Of all the towns I know, and I've knowm some (Sloan - Eng)
Language:
Yiddish/English
On album:
S-019(a) (Yiddish American Sing-A-Long Solomon Schwartz Orchestra)
Track ID:
9996
Artist:
Schwartz, Solomon and his Orch
Vocal:
Fisher, Emmanuel Singers
First line:
Stars, her lips are like wine, there's no other girl...
First line:
בעלז, מײַן שטעטעלע בעלז, מײַן היימעלע װוּ איך האָב מײַנע קינדערשע
Language:
Yiddish/English
On album:
J-069(a) (The Jewish Songbook: The Heart and Humor of a People)
Track ID:
42743
Trumpet:
Alpert, Herb
Violin:
Svigals, Alicia
Bass:
Leonhart, Jay
Drums:
Pelton, Shawn
Acoustic and Electric Guitar:
Koonin, Brian
Keyboards:
Musiker, Lee
Clarinet:
Feldman, Laurence
Saxaphone:
Malach, Bob
Trumpet:
Wendholt, Scott
Conductor/Arranger:
Hamlisch, Marvin
Style:
Instrumental
Length:
5:27
On album:
S-007(b) (Folk Songs and Songs Folks Sing Cantor Benjamin Siegal)
Track ID:
9957
First line:
Belz, mayn shtetele Belz, Mayn heymele vu ikh hob mayne...
First line (Yiddish):
בעלז, מײַן שטעטעלע בעלז, מײַן היימעלע װוּ איך האָב מײַנע קינדערשע
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
S-050(a) (Chosn Kalle Mazal Tov Starski & Andreoli Orchestra)
Track ID:
9958
Artist:
Starski & Andreoli Orchestra
Arranger:
Andreoli
First line:
Oy, oy, oy, Belz, mayn shtetele Belz, Mayn heymele vu ikh..
First line (Yiddish):
אױ, אױ, אױ, בעלז, מײַן שטעטעלע בעלז, מײַן היימעלע װוּ איך האָב..
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
T-015(a) (Talila et l'ensemble KOL AVIV Chants Yiddish "Ot Azoi" — אָט אַזױ)
Track ID:
9959
Vocal:
Talila
Artist:
Kol Aviv Ensemble
First line:
Ven ikh dermon zikh in mayne kinder yorn, pinkt vi a kholem
First line (Yiddish):
װען אַיך דערמאָן זיך אין מײַנע קינדער יאָרן, פּינקט װי אַ חלום
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
L-032(a) (Let's All Together Folk Musical Scenes in Three Acts)
Track ID:
9960
Artist:
Jewish Chamber Musical Theatre — ייַדישן מוזיקאַלישן קאַמער טעאַטאַר
Artist:
USSR State Cinematography Orch — סימפֿאָנישער אָרק פֿון מעלוכע קינאָ
Conductor/Arranger:
Gluz, Mikhail — גלוז, מ.
First line:
Belz, mayn shtetele Belz, dort vi ikh hob mayne kindershe..
First line (Yiddish):
בעלז, מײַן שטעטעלע בעלז, דאָרט װי איך האָב מײַנע קינדערשע יאָרן..
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
G-013(d)2 (Song of the Golden Land Lectures 03 and 04)
Track ID:
9961
Vocal:
Bikel, Theodore
Narration:
Katzman, Dr. Jacob
First line:
Oy az ikh dermon zikh in mayne kinder yorn, un vi a kholem..
First line (Yiddish):
אױ אַז אַיך דערמאָן זיך אין מײַנע קינדער יאָרן, און װי אַ חלום ...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Lecture 4, Song of the Golden Land, Homesickness & Yearing
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
T-021(a) (Jewish Songs Sung By Golda Tenser The Small Town of Belz.. — דאָס שטעטעלע בעלז... ייִדישע לידער געזונגען דורך גאָלדע טענצער)
Track ID:
9962
Vocal:
Tentser, Golda — טענצער, גאָלדאַ
Conductor:
Baiazheieur, P. — באַיאַדזשעיעור, פּ.
Arranger:
Dobzhansky, M. — דאָבזשאַנסקי, מ.
Arranger:
Kozlowski, Leopold — קאָזלאָװסקי, ל.
First line:
Ven ikh dermon zikh in mayne kinder yorn, vi a kholem...
First line (Yiddish):
װען אַיך דערמאָן זיך אין מײַנע קינדער יאָרן, װי אַ חלום ...
Track comment:
Recorded in Poland
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
B-107(b) (M. Ben-Sachar, Bariton / Yidishe Lider 2 — מרדכי בן־שחר \ ייִדישע לידער 2)
Track ID:
37705
Vocal:
Ben Shakhar, Mordecai — בּן־שחר, מרדכי
First line:
Az ikh dermon zikh in mayne kinder yorn, pinkt vi a kholem..
First line (Yiddish):
אַז אַיך דערמאָן זיך אין מײַנע קינדער יאָרן, פּינקט װי אַ חלום...
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert
Length:
3:13
On album:
Z-010(m) (Paul Zim Sings Forever Yiddish 20 Yiddish "Golden Oldies")
Track ID:
18356
Author:
Jacobs, Jacob — זשאַקאָבס, זשאַקאָב
Composer:
Olshanetsky, Alexander — אָלשאַנעצקי, אַלעקסאַנדער
Artist:
Zim, Paul & Simcha Klezmer Band
Artist:
Barnes, Rolfe & M. Tornick, cond
Clarinet:
Pincus, Paul
First line:
Dertseyl mir alter, dertseyl mir geshvind, Veyl ikh vil...
First line:
דערצײל מיר אַלטער, דערצײל מיר געשװינד, װײַל איך װיל װיסן אַלץ..
Language:
Yiddish/English
On album:
L-019(e) (Klezmer Wedding featuring Marty Levitt, Clarinet/Marty Levit, King of the Klezmers)
Track ID:
19794
Artist:
Marty Levitt Orchestra
First line:
Ven ikh dermon zikh in di yorn, nor vi a kholem farfloygn...
First line:
װען אַיך דערמאָן זיך אין די קינדער יאָרן, נאָר װי אַ חלום ...
Style:
Instrumental
On album:
M-051(a) (Muzsikas Maramaros The Lost Jewish Music of Transylvania)
Track ID:
20997
Instrumental Group:
Muzsikas
Track comment:
Hungarian from Marmaros, Transylvania
Style:
Instrumental
On album:
K-029(g) (The Klezmer Conservatory Band Thirteenth Anniversary Album)
Track ID:
21256
Artist:
Klezmer Conservatory Band
Composer:
Olshanetsky, Alexander — אָלשאַנעצקי, אַלעקסאַנדער
Vocal:
Bressler, Judy
Artist:
Netsky, Hankus
First line:
Dertseyl mir alter, dertseyl mir geshvind, Veyl ikh vil...
First line (Yiddish):
דערצײל מיר אַלטער, גערצײל מיר געשװינד, װײַל איך װיל װיסן אַלץ..
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
M-052(a) (The Modern Klezmer Quartet Hora & Blue Jazz - Klezmer)
Track ID:
21379
Artist:
Modern Klezmer Quartet
Piano/Arranger:
Applebaum, Bob
Tenor Sax:
Yoelin, Shelley
Bass:
Cox, Jim
Drums:
Allen, Sarah
First line:
Dertseyl mir alter, dertseyl mir geshvind, Veyl ikh vil...
First line:
דערצײל מיר אַלטער, גערצײל מיר געשװינד, װײַל איך װיל װיסן אַלץ..
Track comment:
Modern jazz version
Style:
Instrumental/Jazz/Blues
Length:
7:07
On album:
S-047(b) (Mazel Tov! More Music Of The Jewish People)
Track ID:
21415
Vocal:
Rechtzeit, Seymour — רעכצײַט, סימאָר
First line:
Belz, mayn shtetele Belz, Mayn heymele vu ikh hob mayne...
First line:
בעלז, מײַן שטעטעלע בעלז, מײַן היימעלע װוּ איך האָב מײַנע קינדערשע
Language:
Yiddish/English
On album:
C-032(e) (Chutzpah Lebn zol Kolombus)
Track ID:
21460
Artist:
Krasnowsky, Frank
Piano:
Steuer, Sydney Anschell
First line:
Belz, mayn shtetele Belz, Mayn heymele vu ikh hob mayne...
First line (Yiddish):
בעלז, מײַן שטעטעלע בעלז, מײַן היימעלע װוּ איך האָב מײַנע קינדערשע
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
F-027(b) (Myriam Fuks)
Track ID:
21483
Vocal:
Fuks, Myriam
First line:
Az ikh dermon zikh in mayne kinder yorn, pinkt vi a kholem..
First line (Yiddish):
אַז אַיך דערמאָן זיך אין מײַנע קינדער יאָרן, פּינקט װי אַ חלום...
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
J-022(c) (The Real Complete Jewish Party Collection / Volume III / David & The High Spirit)
Track ID:
22156
Artist:
David & The High Spirit
First line:
Ven ikh dermon zikh in di yorn, nor vi a kholem farfloygn...
First line:
װען אַיך דערמאָן זיך אין די קינדער יאָרן, נאָר װי אַ חלום ...
Track comment:
Slow Foxtrot medley with Autumn Leaves
Style:
Instrumental
On album:
Y-020(a)1 (Byidish Ze Nishmma Yoteyr Tov 1(It Sounds Better In Yiddish) — בּאידיש זה נשמע יותר טוב 1)
Track ID:
22188
Author:
Jacobs, Jacob — זשאַקאָבס, זשאַקאָב
Artist:
Arazi, Yardeyna — ארזי, ירדנה
First line:
Az ikh dermon zikh in mayne kinder yorn, pinkt vi a kholem..
First line (Yiddish):
אַז אַיך דערמאָן זיך אין מײַנע קינדער יאָרן, פּינקנט װי אַ חלום...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Hebrew commentary at song program at Habima Theatre
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
J-024(a)1 (Judische Lebenswelten /Patterns of Jewish Life 1/Berlin 1992)
Track ID:
22286
Author:
Jacobs, Jacob — זשאַקאָבס, זשאַקאָב
Vocal:
Rechtzeit, Seymour — רעכצײַט, סימאָר
Artist:
Mlotek, Zalmen — מלאָטעק, זלמן, (1951)
Narration:
Kressyn, Miriam — קרעסן, מיריאַם
First line:
Dertseyl mir alter, dertseyl mir geshvind, Veyl ikh vil...
First line (Yiddish):
דערצײל מיר אַלטער, דערצײל מיר געשװינד, װײַל איך װיל װיסן אַלץ..
Track comment:
Excerpts from "The Golden Age of Yiddish Theatre"
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
L-023(b) (Chansons Yiddish Yankele Moshe Leiser)
Track ID:
22716
Vocal/Guitar:
Leiser, Moshe
Violin/Arrangement:
Flammer, Ami
Accordion:
Barreaux, Gerard
First line:
Az ikh dermon zikh in mayne kinder yorn, pinkt vi a kholem
First line (Yiddish):
אַז אַיך דערמאָן זיך אין מײַנע קינדער יאָרן, פּינקט װי אַ חלום
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
B-065(a) (Folklore Yiddish D'Europe Centrale Budapester Klezmer Band)
Track ID:
22451
Artist:
Budapester Klezmer Band
First line:
Dertseyl mir alter, dertseyl mir geshvind, Veyl ikh vil...
First line:
דערצײל מיר אַלטער, דערצײל מיר געשװינד, װײַל איך װיל װיסן אַלץ..
Track comment:
Recorded under A Brivele Fin Aheym with A Yiddish Mame
Style:
Instrumental
On album:
J-026(a) (Jewish Nostalgia — בענקען געגועים)
Track ID:
23987
Artist:
Witler, Ben Tsion — װיטלער, בּן ציון
Artist:
Kreisler, Marcel — קרײַסלער, מאַרסעל
First line:
Az ikh dermon zikh in mayne kinder yorn, pinkt vi a kholem..
First line (Yiddish):
װען אַיך דערמאָן זיך אין מײַנע קינדער יאָרן, פּינקט װי אַ חלום ...
Track comment:
Duplicate W-02(b)
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
P-026(a) (Slawa Przybylska Alef-Bejs Jewish Songs — ייִדיש לידער און לידלעך Piesni i piosenki zydowskie)
Track ID:
24183
Vocal:
Przybylska, Slowa
First line:
An ikh dermon zikh in mayne kinder yorn, punkt vi a kholem..
First line (Yiddish):
אַז אַיך דערמאָן זיך אין מײַנע קינדער יאָרן, פּונקט װי אַ חלום ...
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
P-026(c) (Slawa Przybylska Rodzynki Z Migalami Rozinkes Mit Mandelen)
Track ID:
24209
Vocal:
Przybylska, Slowa
Violin:
Jarczyk, Halina
Piano:
Lic, Leslaw
First line:
An ikh dermon zikh in mayne kinder yorn, punkt vi a kholem..
First line (Yiddish):
אַז אַיך דערמאָן זיך אין מײַנע קינדער יאָרן, פּונקט װי אַ חלום ...
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
G-037(b) (Hanna Greenbaum Great yiddish Songs — ייִדישע לידער שירים גדולים ביידיש)
Track ID:
25766
Author:
Jacobs, Jacob — זשאַקאָבס, זשאַקאָב
Artist:
Greenbaum Hanna — גרינבױם, חנה
Artist:
Osherovits, M., orchestra — אָשעראָװעץ, מ., אָרקעסטער
First line:
Dertseyl mir alter, dertseyl mir geshvind, Veyl ikh vil...
First line (Yiddish):
דערצײל מיר אַלטער, דערצײל מיר געשװינד, װײַל איך װיל װיסן אַלץ..
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
P-028(a) (Cantor David Propis sings Memories of Home)
Track ID:
25164
Author:
Jacobs, Jacob — זשאַקאָבס, זשאַקאָב
Artist:
Propis, Cantor David
Arranger:
Goldstein, Raymond
First line:
Dertseyl mir nor alter, dertseyl mir geshvind, Veyl ikh...
First line (Yiddish):
דערצײל מיר נאָר אַלטער, דערצײל מיר געשװינד, װײַל איך װיל װיסן.
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
In Slobodker Yeshiva uses melody of Rozhinkes Mit Mandlen
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
K-073(b) (Second Ave Theatre Lomir Ale Freilech Zayn Betty Klein — בטי קלין זינגט אַבי געזונט, לאָמיר אַלע פֿרײליך זײַן)
Track ID:
26031
Author:
Jacobs, Jacob — זשאַקאָבס, זשאַקאָב
Composer:
Olshanetsky, Alexander — אָלשאַנעצקי, אַלעקסאַנדער
Artist:
Klein, Betty
First line:
Dertseyl mir nor alter, dertseyl mir geshvind, Veyl ikh...
First line (Yiddish):
דערצײל מיר נאָר אַלטער, דערצײל מיר געשװינד, װײַל איך װיל װיסן.
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
P-030(a) (Mandy Patinkin Mamaloshen)
Track ID:
26143
Vocal:
Blazer, Judy
Conductor:
Stern, Eric
Arranger:
Ford, Paul
Vocal:
Patinkin, Mandy
First line:
Belz, mayn shtetele Belz, Mayn heymele vo ikh hob mayne...
First line (Yiddish):
בעלז, מײַן שטעטעלע בעלז, מײַן הײמעלע װוּ איך האָב מײַן קינדערשע..
Track comment:
Voice similar to Seymour Rekhtseyt
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
A-042(a) (Anita Ammersfeld singt juddische Lieder — אניטה אמרספלד זינגט יידיש)
Track ID:
26565
Vocal:
Ammersfeld, Anita — אמרספלד, אניטה
Trumpet:
Fields, Paul
Clarinet/Saxaphone:
Hausleitner, Horst
Piano/KeyboardsArranger/Musical Director:
Grinberg, Roman
Trombone:
Bichler, Hans
Guitare:
Krinner, Bernhard
Contrabass:
Danzer, Hans
Drums:
Muhlholzer, Fritz
First line:
Dertseyl mir nor alter, dertseyl mir geshvind, Veyl ikh...
First line (Yiddish):
דערצײל מיר נאָר אַלטער, דערצײל מיר געשװינד, װײַל איך װיל װיסן.
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
E-024(a) (Paul Chaim Eisenberg & 10 saiten 1 bogen/ Az Der Rebe Lacht)
Track ID:
26267
Artist:
Eisenberg, Paul Chaim & Ensemble
First line:
Az ikh dermon zikh in mayne kinder yorn, un vi a kholem..
First line (Yiddish):
אַז אַיך דערמאָן זיך אין מײַנע קינדער יאָרן, און װי אַ חלום ...
Track comment:
with jokes and anecdotes in German
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
B-012(s) (Mike Burstein/ Ai Bai/ Yababi - His Greatest Yiddish Songs — מײַק סורשטײן - אײ בײ יאַבאַבאי)
Track ID:
26713
Vocal:
Burstein, Mike — בורשטײַן, מײַק
First line:
Dertseyl mir alter, dertseyl mir geshvind, Veyl ikh vil...
First line (Yiddish):
דערצײל מיר אַלטער, דערצײל מיר געשװינד, װײַל איך װיל װיסן אַלץ..
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
L-048(a) (Rainer Lemke / Yiddish Songs / Davke — דװקאַ)
Track ID:
26696
Artist:
Lemke, Rainer
First line:
Belz, mayn shtetele Belz, Mayn heymele vo ikh hob mayne...
First line (Yiddish):
בעלז, מײַן שטעטעלע בעלז, מײַן הײמעלע װוּ איך האָב מײַן קינדערשע..
Track comment:
Written for Olshanetsky's play "The Song of the Ghetto"
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
I-014(a) (Richard Inger vedette "Elesdisc")
Track ID:
27594
Vocal:
Ingber, Richard — אינגבער, ריצ'אַרד
First line:
Oy, oy, oy, Belz, mayn shtetele Belz, Mayn heymele dort vu..
First line (Yiddish):
אױ, אױ, אױ, בעלז, מײַן שטעטעלע בעלז, מײַן הײמעלע דאָרט װוּ..
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Dos A Rebetsn/ Fidl Mir In Hartsn Eyn/ Meshiekhs Tsyten
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
037g (Rekhtzayt, Seymour/ Nayer Sher/ Mayn Shtetele Belz)
Track ID:
29864
Yiddish:
Rekhtzayt, Seymour
On album:
V-015(e) (Vorbei… Beyond Recall, CD 5/ A Record of Jewish musical life in Nazi Berlin, 1933-1938)
Track ID:
31472
Vocal:
Hartenberg, Cantor Shlomo
Conductor:
Weintraub, Wolf
First line:
Shoyn tsvantsik yorn ersht…kh'hob avekgeforn fun mayn heym,
First line (Yiddish):
שוין צוואַציק יאָרן ערשט כ'האָב אַוועקגעפֿאָרן פֿון מײַן היים,
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert/Instrumental Accompaniment for Strings and Rhythm
Length:
3:19
On album:
Z-025(a) (Las Canciones Del Zeide)
Track ID:
32648
Vocal:
Witler, Ben Tsion — װיטלער, בּן ציון
First line:
Az ikh dermon zikh in mayne kinder yorn, un vi a kholem..
First line (Yiddish):
אַז אַיך דערמאָן זיך אין מײַנע קינדער יאָרן, און װי אַ חלום ...
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Theater/Concert
Length:
4:54
On album:
R-048(a) (Romantic Jewish Songs / Nightclub Music)
Track ID:
28125
Soprano Sax/Tenor Sax:
Vratil, Ladislav
Violin/Viola:
Hudak, Zdenek
Piano, Keyboards:
Hindls, Richard
Keyboards, Programming:
Linhart, Radim
Arranger:
Hindls, Richard
Style:
Pop/Modern
Length:
03:31
On album:
V0024
Track ID:
33939
Violin:
Kopalska, Anna
Writer:
Krzy zanowski, Jan
Piano:
Salamon-Sent, Januz
Musical Arrangements:
Zarzycka, Jolanta
First line:
Dertseyl mir alter, dertseyl mir geshvind, Veyl ikh vil…
First line (Yiddish):
דערצײל מיר אַלטער, דערצײל מיר געשװינד, װײַל איך װיל װיסן אַלץ..
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert
On album:
Z-026(a) (Zidovske Lidove Pisne / Alfred Ruzicka/ Orchestralni Skupina)
Track ID:
32844
Vocal:
Rozicka, Alfred
Artist:
Orchestralni Skupina
Conductor:
Skoumal, Petr
First line:
Az ikh dermon zikh in mayne kinder yorn, pinkt vi a kholem..
First line (Yiddish):
װען אַיך דערמאָן זיך אין מײַנע קינדער יאָרן, פּינקט װי אַ חלום ...
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert
Length:
4:21
On album:
030h (Oscar Julius Quartet/USSR Recordings/Jewish Traditional Songs and Dances/ Alb 402)
Track ID:
32438
Vocal:
Goldman, Jacob
Director:
Julius, Oscar
Vocal:
Berman, A.
Vocal:
Drucker, Moe
Vocal:
Hantin, Aaron
Artist:
Oscar Julius Quartet
First line:
Dertseyl mir alter, dertseyl mir geshvind, Vayl ikh vil…
First line (Yiddish):
דערצײל מיר אַלטער, דערצײל מיר געשװינד, װײַל איך װיל װיסן אַלץ..
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Acapella/Quartet (Barbershop Style)
Length:
2:40
On album:
B-095(a) (Hilda Bronstein sings Yiddish songs old and new)
Track ID:
33399
Vocal:
Bronstein, Hilda — בראָנשטײַן, הילדאַ
Violin:
Hamilton, Meg
Artist:
Merlin Shepherd Quartet
Clarinet, Bass Clarinet:
Shepherd, Merlin — שעפּהערד, מערלין
Accordion/Keyboard:
Shepherd, Polina — שעפּהערד, פּאָלינאַ
Double Bass:
Russell, Simon C.
First line:
Dertseyl mir alter, dertseyl mir geshvind, Veyl ikh vil…
First line (Yiddish):
דערצײל מיר אַלטער, דערצײל מיר געשװינד, װײַל איך װיל װיסן אַלץ..
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert/Klezmer
Length:
4:34
On album:
V0046 (A Tickle in the Heart/ (Video) — אַ קיצל אין האַרצן (ווידיאָ))
Track ID:
34038
Artist:
Epstein Brothers Orchestra
Clarinet:
Epstein, Max — עפּשטײן, מאַקס
Trumpet:
Epstein, Willie
Drums/Percussion:
Epstein, Julie
Vocal:
Gold, Ann
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Pop/Klezmer
On album:
T-028(b) (Karsten Troyke; Tango Oyf Yiddish/Dos Gezang Fin Mayn Harts — טאַנגאָ איף ייִדיש)
Track ID:
42495
VocalArranger:
Troyke, Karsten — טרױקע, קאַרסטען
Violin:
Dessiatnik, Gennadi
Accordion:
Khoryshman, Valeri
Contrabass:
Jach, Michael
First line:
Dertsayl mir, alter,fun dayn kinderyorn, punkt vi a kholem kum es mir for,…
First line (Yiddish):
דערצייל מיר אַלטער פֿון דײַנע קינדער יאָרן, פּונקט ווי אין חלום קומט עס מיר...
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert/Tango
Length:
4:45
On album:
A-060(b) (Songs From the Attic/ Lider Fun Boydem 4/ The Best of 78 Records/Bulbes — לידער פֿון בוידעם 4\ די בעסטע פֿון 78 פּלאַטן, בולבעס)
Track ID:
35968
Vocal:
Reichart, Max — רײַכהאַרט, מאַקס
First line:
Belz, mayn shtetele belz, mayn heymele vu ikh hob mayne kindershe yorn farbrakht
First line (Yiddish):
בעלז, מײַן שטעטעלע בעלז, מײַן היימעלע װוּ איך האָב מײַנע קינדערשע יאָרן...
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert/Pop
On album:
F-024(g) (This is Yiddish/ The Best of Yiddish Songs/ Dudu Fisher/ Disk 2 — דאָס אין ייִדיש\די בעסטע ייִדישע לידער\דודו פֿישר\זורי יידיש מיטב השירים ביידי)
Track ID:
39736
Vocal:
Fisher, Dovid (Dudu) פֿישער, דוד (דודו)
First line:
Dertseyl mir alter, dertseyl mir geshvind, Veyl ikh vil...
First line (Yiddish):
דערצײל מיר אַלטער, דערצײל מיר געשװינד, װײַל איך װיל װיסן אַלץ..
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert
Length:
3:21
On album:
S-134(a) (Brighton Beach Memories / Neil Sedaka Sings Yiddish)
Track ID:
38155
On album:
V-023(a) (Monica Vardimon/ The Songs of my Heart/ Di Lider Fun Mayn Harts — די לידער פֿון מײַן האַרץ \מוניקה ורדעמון)
Track ID:
36344
Violin:
Mareinowski, Wojciech
Clarinet:
Witko, Janusz
Piano/Synthsizer:
Kluzowicz, Jerzy
Clarinet/Bass Clarinet:
Cielecki, Jan
Vocal:
Vardeman, Monica — ורדימון, מוניקה
First line:
Dertseyl mir alter, dertseyl mir geshvind, Veyl ikh vil…
First line (Yiddish):
דערצײל מיר אַלטער, דערצײל מיר געשװינד, װײַל איך װיל װיסן אַלץ..
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert/Pop
Length:
4:28
On album:
S-137(a) (A Song Trip Around The World/ Montreal/ Absolutely Illegal so called old music mix)
Track ID:
38042
First line:
Gisvid mir alter, dos shtilb is alt…
On album:
T-028(d)1 (Karsten Troyke / Live Klezmer Concert)
Track ID:
42526
First line:
Az ikh dermon zikh in mayne kinder yorn, pinkt vi a kholem, vert mir ales klor,
First line (Yiddish):
אַז אַיך דערמאָן זיך אין מײַנע קינדער יאָרן, פּינקט װי אַ חלום איך זיי אַלעס..
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert/
Length:
5:29
On album:
G-105(e) (Golem/ Homesick Songs)
Track ID:
41451
contrabass:
Bergren-Chrisman, Taylor
drums:
Cromwell, Laura
vocals, tambourine:
Diskin, Aaron
trombone:
Hasselbring, Curtis
vocals, accordion:
Kogan, Annette Ezekiel
First line:
geshvend mir alter, geshvend mir geshfind
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Upbeat, fast, punk, Tango beat
Length:
3:37
On album:
Y-063(a) (The Best Yiddish Album In The World/Jewish Musical Heritage)
Track ID:
41738
Vocal:
Witler, Ben Tsion — װיטלער, בּן ציון
Artist:
Kreisler, Marcel — קרײַסלער, מאַרסעל
First line:
Az ikh dermon zikh in mayne kinder yorn, pinkt vi a kholem..
First line (Yiddish):
אַז אַיך דערמאָן זיך אין מײַנע קינדער יאָרן, פּינקט װי אַ חלום...
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert
Length:
4:23
On album:
C-071(a) (Mazl Tov Mis Amigos / Juan Calle and His Latin Lantzman/ Yiddish Favorites In Latin Tempos)
Track ID:
42370
Conductor, Latin Lantzman:
Calle, Juan
Lute/Arranger:
Cali, John
Piano:
Palmieri, Charles
Timbals:
Rodriguez, Willie
Conga/Bongos:
Barretto, Ray
Trumpet:
Terry, Clark
Trumpet:
Oles, Lou
Trumpet:
Cheatham, Doc
Bass:
Marshall, Wendell
Clarinet/Bass Clarinet/Flute:
Russell, Shelly
Vocal:
Powell, Ed
First line:
Belz, mayn shtetele Belz, Mayn heymele vu ikh hob mayne kindershe yorn farbrakht
First line (Yiddish):
בעלז, מײַן שטעטעלע בעלז, מײַן הײמעלע װוּ איך האָב מײַן קינדערשע יאָרן...
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
ConcertLatin/Klezmer/Dance/Pachanga
Length:
4:05
On album:
H-031(a) (Memories Of My Father's House The Exciting Voice of Jack Hilliard — זכּרונות בּית אבּי)
Track ID:
42861
Vocal:
Hilliard, Jack
First line:
Az ikh tu mir dermonen mayn kinderishe yorn, punkt vi a kholem, zet es mir oys vu zet oys dos heyzele,…
First line (Yiddish):
אַז איך טו מיר דערמאָנען מײַנע קינדערשע יאָרן, פונקט ווי אַ חלום, זעט עס מיר אויס, ווי זעט אויס דאָס הײַזעלע וואָס האָט
Track comment:
Part of Medley
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Pop
On album:
P-038(e) (Andre Ochodio & Pressburger Klezmer Band/ Shalom)
Track ID:
43067
Double Bass:
Alexander, Samo
Accordion:
Jovic-Werner, Snezana
Vocal:
Ochodlo, Andre
Percussion Instruments:
Oros, Martin
Artist:
Pressburger Klezmer Band — פּ ק בּ
Piano:
Suska, Pavol
Clarinet:
Tago, Miro
Fiddle:
Werner, Andrej
Double Bass/Music Supervisor:
Zuchowski, Adam
First line:
Dermontst zikh in mayne kinder yorn, in a kholem vet mir als klor, vi zet oys dos shtible, un dos beymele vos ikh hob…
First line (Yiddish):
דירמאָנסט זיך אין מײַמע קינדער יאָרן, אין אַ חלום, וועא מיר אַלס קלאָר, ווי זעט אויס דאָס שטיבעלע, און דאָס ביימעלע וואָס
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Conceert/Yearningly
Length:
5:56
On album:
V-015(j) (Vorbei… Beyond Recall, CD 10/ A Record of Jewish musical life in Nazi Berlin, 1933-1938)
Track ID:
31604
Vocal:
Feldman, A. L. — פֿעלדמאַן, אַ. ל
First line:
Ven ikh dermon zikh mayne kinderlikhe heym, zol vi a kholem…
First line (Yiddish):
װען אַיך דערמאָן זיך אין מײַנע קינדערלעכע היים, זאָל װי אַ חלום …
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert/String and accordion accompaniment
Length:
2:58
On album:
xH-006(a)
Track ID:
2201
Composer:
Olshanetsky, Alexander — אָלשאַנעצקי, אַלעקסאַנדער
Artist:
Guzik, Anya — גוזיק, אַניע (חנה)
Piano:
Yakubovich, Moise I. — יאַקןבאָװיטש, משה, פּיאַנע
First line:
Ven ikh dermon zikh in di yorn, nor vi a kholem farfloygn...
First line (Yiddish):
װען אַיך דערמאָן זיך אין די קינדער יאָרן, נאָר װי אַ חלום ...
Track comment:
Recorded in USSR.
Language:
Yiddish

Men Darf Makhn A Lebn — מען דאַרף מאַכן אַ לעבן

Author:
Jacobs, Jacob — זשאַקאָבס, זשאַקאָב
Composer:
Jacobs, Jacob — זשאַקאָבס, זשאַקאָב
Genre:
Theater/Vaudeville
Subject:
Livelihood/Occupation

Recordings

On album:
004a (Fuchs, Leo/ Der Galitzianer Badkhn/ Men Darf Makhn A Lebn)
Track ID:
28883
Vocal:
Fuchs, Leo — פֿוקס, לעאָ
First line:
Men darf makhn a lebn, oy men darf makhn a lebn,
First line:
מען דאַרף מאַכן אַ לעבן, אױ מען דאַרף מאַכן אַ לעבן,
On album:
F-009(c) (Para Cantar y Reir Leo Fuchs - Freidele Oysher — ייִדישער הומאָר)
Track ID:
10271
Vocal:
Fuchs, Leo — פֿוקס, לעאָ
First line:
Men darf makhn a lebn, oy men darf makhn a lebn,
First line:
מען דאַרף מאַכן אַ לעבן, אױ מען דאַרף מאַכן אַ לעבן,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
On album:
F-009(b) (Leo Fuchs/ Yiddish American...Songs & Humor /Shalom Partner)
Track ID:
10272
Author/Composer:
Jacobs, Jacob — זשאַקאָבס, זשאַקאָב
Vocal:
Fuchs, Leo — פֿוקס, לעאָ
First line:
Men darf makhn a lebn, oy men darf makhn a lebn,
First line:
מען דאַרף מאַכן אַ לעבן, אױ מען דאַרף מאַכן אַ לעבן,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Mirele (Jacobs) — מירעלע (זשאַקאָבס)

Author:
Jacobs, Jacob — זשאַקאָבס, זשאַקאָב
Composer:
Olshanetsky, Alexander — אָלשאַנעצקי, אַלעקסאַנדער
Genre:
Theatre
Subject:
Love
Additional song notes:
From the play "Song of the Ghetto"

Recordings

On album:
P-002(d) (Jan Peerce on 2nd Ave Orch Conducted by Gershon Kingsley)
Track ID:
10529
Vocal:
Peerce, Jan
Conductor Orchestra:
Kingsley, Gershon
Arranger:
Kingsley, Gershon
First line:
Mirele, nokh dir geyt oys mayn harts, oy mirele,
First line (Yiddish):
מירעלע, נאָך דיר גײט אױס מײַן האַרץ, אױ מירעלע,
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Dramatic/Theatrical/Operatic/Orchestral
On album:
V-005(a) (The Best Of Yiddish Vaudeville)
Track ID:
10530
Vocal:
Rechtzeit, Seymour — רעכצײַט, סימאָר
First line:
Vi shloyme hamelekh hot shoyn fun frier, bazingen di...
First line (Yiddish):
װי שלמה המלך האָט שױן פֿון פֿריִער, באַזינגען די שירות מיט אַ...
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
R-016(f) (Seymour Rechtzeit Yiddish Favorites)
Track ID:
19127
Vocal:
Rechtzeit, Seymour — רעכצײַט, סימאָר
Conductor Ensemble:
Lubin, Harry — לובין, האַרי
First line:
Vi shloyme hamelekh hot shoyn fun frier, bazingen di...
First line (Yiddish):
װי שלמה המלך האָט שױן פֿון פֿריִער, באַזינגען די שירות מיט אַ...
Track comment:
From the play "Song of the Ghetto"
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
V-005(a)1 (The Best Of Yiddish Vaudeville Vol 1 & Michel Rosenberg)
Track ID:
23734
Vocal:
Rechtzeit, Seymour — רעכצײַט, סימאָר
First line:
Vi shloyme hamelekh hot shoyn fun frier, bazingen di...
First line (Yiddish):
װי שלמה המלך האָט שױן פֿון פֿריִער, באַזינגען די שירות מיט אַ...
Language:
Yiddish

Nit Gedayget (Jacobs) — ניט געדײַגעט (דזשאַקאָבס)

Author:
Jacobs, Jacob — זשאַקאָבס, זשאַקאָב
Composer:
Olshanetsky, Alexander — אָלשאַנעצקי, אַלעקסאַנדער
Genre:
Theater
Subject:
Love/Marriage/Reassurance
Additional song notes:
Don't Worry

Recordings

On album:
R-016(f) (Seymour Rechtzeit Yiddish Favorites)
Track ID:
19132
Author:
Jacobs, Jacob — זשאַקאָבס, זשאַקאָב
Composer:
Olshanetsky, Alexander — אָלשאַנעצקי, אַלעקסאַנדער
Vocal:
Rechtzeit, Seymour — רעכצײַט, סימאָר
Artist:
Ellstein, Abe — עלשטײַן, אײב
First line:
Nit gedayget, vestu... shoyn a simon, nit gedayget,
First line:
ניט געדײַגעט, װעסטו...שױן אַ סימאָן, ניט געדײַגעט,
On album:
K-010(c) (Miriam Kressyn & Seymour Rexsite sing the Yiddish Hit Parade)
Track ID:
11173
Author:
Jacobs, Jacob — זשאַקאָבס, זשאַקאָב
Composer:
Olshanetsky, Alexander — אָלשאַנעצקי, אַלעקסאַנדער
Vocal:
Rechtzeit, Seymour — רעכצײַט, סימאָר
First line:
Nit gedayget, vet kumen shoyn a simon, nit gedayget,
First line:
ניט געדײַגעט, װעט קומען שױן אַ סימאָן, ניט געדײַגעט
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Nu Zog Mir Shoyn Ven — נו זאָג מיר שױן װען

Author:
Jacobs, Jacob — זשאַקאָבס, זשאַקאָב
Composer:
Olshanetsky, Alexander — אָלשאַנעצקי, אַלעקסאַנדער
Genre:
Theater/Love
Subject:
Marriage
Additional song notes:
From the operetta "What Girls Do"

Recordings

On album:
B-028(a) (The World Of The Barry Sisters Memorable Jewish Melodies)
Track ID:
11265
Author:
Jacobs, Jacob — זשאַקאָבס, זשאַקאָב
Composer:
Olshanetsky, Alexander — אָלשאַנעצקי, אַלעקסאַנדער
Vocal:
Barry Sisters — שװעסטער באַרי
First line:
Mir veln beyde geyen shatsirn, a sheyem veg vel ikh dir firn
First line:
מיר װעלן בײדע גײען שפּאַצירן, אַ שײנעם װעג װעל איך דיר פֿירן,
On album:
B-028(k) (The Barry Sisters In Israel Recorded Live)
Track ID:
11266
Author:
Jacobs, Jacob — זשאַקאָבס, זשאַקאָב
Composer:
Olshanetsky, Alexander — אָלשאַנעצקי, אַלעקסאַנדער
Vocal:
Barry Sisters — שװעסטער באַרי
First line:
Mir veln beyde geyen shatsirn, a sheyem veg vel ikh dir firn
First line:
מיר װעלן בײדע גײען שפּאַצירן, אַ שײנעם װעג װעל איך דיר פֿירן,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Ovinu Malkeynu (Jacobs) — אבינו מלכּנו (דזשאַקאָבס)

Author:
Jacobs, Jacob — זשאַקאָבס, זשאַקאָב
Composer:
Secunda, Sholom — סעקונדאַ, שלום
Genre:
Bi Lingual
Subject:
Prayer/Piety

Recording

On album:
K-011(a) (Jenny Kessler Sings — זשעני קעסלער זינגט)
Track ID:
11663
Artist:
Kessler, Jenny — קעסלער, זשיני
Conductor:
Moskowitz, Martin — מוסקוביץ, מרטין
First line:
Ikh bin keynmol frum nit geven, ikh fleg lib gehot tsu zogn,
First line:
איך בין קײנמאָל פֿרום ניט געװען, איך פֿלעג ליב געהאַט צו זאָגן,
Language:
Yiddish/Hebrew

I Like She — אײַ לײַק שי

Also known as:
Oy I Like She
Author:
Jacobs, Jacob — זשאַקאָבס, זשאַקאָב
Composer:
Olshanetsky, Alexander — אָלשאַנעצקי, אַלעקסאַנדער
Genre:
Theater
Subject:
Love
Song comment:
From the play "A Night In California"
Transliteration:
Alb J-024(a)1/CD K-059(e)/Alb G-013(c)
Translation:
Alb J-024(a)1/CD K-059(e)/A-035(f)
Sheet music:
Folder:
825
Series:
4
Arranged for:
Voice/Piano
Texts:
Transliteration
Provenance:
Gift of Robert & Molly Freedman
First line:
Ikh bin an opgekokhter, dos ze ikh shoyn akorsht,
First line (Yiddish):
איך בין אַן אָפּגעקאָכטער, דאָס זע איך שוין אַקאָרשט,
Notes:
Photocopy. Sheet music, no cover, part of handout by Zalmen Mlotek at Klez Kamp or Circle Lodge summer program. .

Recordings

On album:
G-013(c) (The Golden Land, a joyous new musical Original Cast Album)
Track ID:
11726
Translation English:
Levy, Jacques
Vocal:
Borts, Joanne
Artist:
Golden Land Klezmer Orchestra
Orchestration:
Sokolow, Pete — סוקולוב, פּסח
First line:
Oy, I like him! Oy, oy, oy, I like him! He's so sincere,
Track comment:
Recorded under title "Oy, I Like Him"
Language:
English
On album:
I-003(a) (Yiddisha Romantica und Lustika featured by Israel Itzhaki — ישׂראל יצחקי לוסטיקע טאַנץ מוזיק געזונגען אין ייִדיש)
Track ID:
11727
Vocal:
Itskhaki, Israel — יצחקי, ישׂראל
Artist:
Weiss, Alex and his Orchestra — װיס ,אַלכּס ותזמורתו
Conductor/Arranger:
Weiss, Alex — וויס, אלעקס,
First line:
Oy, ikh lib zi, oy, oy, oy, ikh lib zi, zi iz mayn glik,
First line (Yiddish):
אױ, איך ליב זי, אױ, אױ, אױ, איך ליב זי, זי איז מײַן גליק,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Cha Cha
On album:
L-002(b) (Aaron Lebedeff)
Track ID:
11728
Vocal:
Lebedeff, Aaron — לעבעדאָװ, אהרן
First line:
Oy, I like she, oy, oy, oy, I like she, zi iz mayn glik,
First line (Yiddish):
אױ, אײַ לײַק שי, אױ, אױ, אױ, אײַ לײַק שי, זי איז מײַן גליק,
Track comment:
From musical - A Nakht in California
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Klezmer/Swing
On album:
L-002(f) (Aaron Lebedeff Sings Fourteen Yiddish Favorites - Volume 2)
Track ID:
11729
Vocal:
Lebedeff, Aaron — לעבעדאָװ, אהרן
First line:
Bin an opgekokhter, dos zey ikh shoyn... bay mir in harts...
First line (Yiddish):
בין אַן אָפּגעקאָכטער, דאָס זײ איך שױן... בײַ מיר אין האַרץ צײט...
Track comment:
From musical - A Nakht in California
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
K-010(h) (Miriam Kressyn & Seymour Rechzeit From Ellis Island...)
Track ID:
21816
Vocal:
Rechtzeit, Seymour — רעכצײַט, סימאָר
Narration:
Kressyn, Miriam — קרעסן, מיריאַם
First line:
Ay, I like she, ay, ay, ay, I like she, in a...
First line (Yiddish):
אײַ, אײַ לײַק שי, אײַ, אײַ, אײַ, אײַ לײַק שי, אין אַ...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
From "Memories of the Yiddish Theatre"
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
J-024(a)1 (Judische Lebenswelten /Patterns of Jewish Life 1/Berlin 1992)
Track ID:
22282
Vocal:
Rechtzeit, Seymour — רעכצײַט, סימאָר
Piano:
Mlotek, Zalmen — מלאָטעק, זלמן, (1951)
Narration:
Kressyn, Miriam — קרעסן, מיריאַם
First line:
Oy, I like she, oy, oy, oy, I like she, zi iz mayn glik,
First line (Yiddish):
אױ, אײַ לײַק שי, אױ, אױ, אױ, אײַ לײַק שי, זי איז מײַן גליק,
Track comment:
Excerpts from "The Golden Age of Yiddish Theatre"
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
W-024(a) (Paved With Gold Starring Gary & Janice Waldman)
Track ID:
23680
Translation English:
Levy, Jacques
Vocal:
Waldman, Janice
Artist:
Golden Land Klezmer Orchestra
Piano/Conductor:
Delfin, Jon
First line:
Oy, I like him! Oy, oy, oy, I like him! He's so sincere,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
From "Paved With Gold"/ Recorded as "Oy, I Like Him"
Language:
English
On album:
K-059(e) (Daniel Kempin, Dimitry Reznik Benkshaft — בענקשאַפֿט)
Track ID:
26927
Vocal/Arranger:
Kempin, Daniel
Violin/Arranger:
Resnik, Dimitry
First line:
Ikh bin an opgekokhter, dos zey ikh shoyn okersht,
First line (Yiddish):
איך בין אַן אָפּגעקאָכטער, דאָס זײ איך שױן אָקערשט, בײַ מיר אין...
Track comment:
From musical - A Nakht in California
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
012m (Lebedeff, Aaron/ Petrograd/ I Like She)
Track ID:
29131
Vocal:
Lebedeff, Aaron — לעבעדאָװ, אהרן
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Vaudeville
On album:
A-035(e) (Aufwind/ inejnem/ Jiddische Lieder & Klesmermusik)
Track ID:
28728
Artist:
Aufwind
Clarinet/Bass Clarinet/Recorder/Vocal:
Hermerschmidt, Jan
Vocal/Violin/Viola/Arranger:
Koch, Claudia
Contrabass:
Paffrath, Thomas
Mandolin/Guitar/Vocal:
Reich, Hardy
Bandoneon (Button Accordion)/Percussion/Vocal:
Rohde, Andreas
First line:
Ikh bin an opgekokhter, dos zey ikh shoyn okersht, bay mir in hartsn…
First line (Yiddish):
איך בין אַן אָפּגעקאָכטער, דאָס זײ איך שױן אָקערשט, בײַ מיר אין האַרצן…
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Swing
Length:
2' 29"
On album:
A-035(f) (Aufwind / Live)
Track ID:
31960
Artist:
Aufwind
Vocal/Violin/Arranger:
Koch, Claudia
Vocal/Mandolin/Guitar:
Reich, Hardy
Vocal/Bandonian:
Rohde, Andreas
Vocal/Clarinets/Bass Clarinet/Blockflote/Percussion:
Hermerschmidt, Jan
Contrabass:
Paffrath, Thomas
First line:
Ikh bin an opgekokhter, dos zey ikh shoyn okersht,
First line (Yiddish):
איך בין אַן אָפּגעקאָכטער, דאָס זײ איך שױן אָקערשט, בײַ מיר אין...
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Pop/Folk/Klezmer
Length:
2:34

Oy S'iz Gut — אױ ס'איז גוט

Author:
Jacobs, Jacob — זשאַקאָבס, זשאַקאָב
Composer:
Ellstein, Abe — עלשטײַן, אײב
Genre:
Theatre/Love
Subject:
Courting/Secret/Nostalgia/Melody
Song comment:
From the musical "Mayn Malkele"
Origin:
Metro Scher 30i
Transliteration:
Alb K-007(b)/Warem 163/Alb K-029(h)//Metro Scher 18
Translation:
CD S-068(d)/Alb K-029(h)/Ephemera 1566 (p. 20)
Music:
Warem 163/Metro Scher 18
Additional song notes:
From the operetta "My Malkele"
Sheet music:
Folder:
1011
Series:
4
Arranger:
William Sher
Arranged for:
Voice/Piano
Texts:
Yiddish/Transliteration
Publisher:
Metro Music Company
Publisher address:
54 Second Ave, New York, New York 10003
Date:
1955
Provenance:
Gift of Faye and Jerry Rosenthal
First line:
Oy s'iz gut! Akeyn tsu zitsn mit a meydl, oy s'iz gut,
First line (Yiddish):
אוי ס'איז גוט! אַליין צו זיצן מיט אַ מיידל, אוי ס'איז גוט, דער קאָפּ...
Notes:
From "Metro Folio Popular Jewish Songs" See Book Index "SM Scher"
Folder:
1198
Series:
4
Arranger:
Richard Gendelman
Arranged for:
Clarinet, Key of E
Texts:
music only
Provenance:
Gendelman Gift
Notes:
with Love In Bloom for Clarinet, Key of E Major Manuscript
Folder:
598
Series:
4
Arranged for:
Voice/Piano
Texts:
Yiddish/Transliteration
Publisher:
Metro Music Co.
Publisher address:
64 Second Ave, New York, NY
Date:
1937
Provenance:
Schper-Rosenthal Sheet Music Collection, Gift of Faye & Jerry Rosenthal
Mel & Shrifra Gold Project, NYBC Catlg #:
338
First line:
Kinder libe fargest nit keyner, es krikht arayn biz in di…
First line (Yiddish):
קינדער ליבע פֿאַרגעסט ניט קיינער, עס קריכט אַרײַן ביז אין די ביינער,
Notes:
Black lettering, Yiddish/English. From the Operetta "My Malkele". Libretto by William Siegel. Lyrics by Jacob Jacobs. Produced under personal direction of Jacob Kalich. "As Sung by Molly Picon and Aaron Lebedeff". Price 35 cents. Yiddish lyrics on back cover.

Recordings

On album:
K-007(b) (More Sing-Along IN Yiddish with Marv Kurz — זינגט מיט מיר אין ייִדיש)
Track ID:
11772
Artist:
Kurz, Marv
First line:
Oy, s'iz gut! Aleyn tsu zitsn mit a meydl, oy, s'iz gut,
First line (Yiddish):
אױ, ס'איז גוט! אַלײן צו זיצן מיט אַ מײדל, אױ, ס'איז גוט,
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
F-022(a) (The Feder Sisters / Some Like It Yiddish)
Track ID:
11773
Vocal:
Feder Sisters — פֿעדער שװעסטער
Vocal:
Feder, Sylvia — פֿעדער, סילװיע
Vocal:
Sloan, Mimi
First line:
Oy, s'iz gut! Aleyn tsu zitsn mit a yingle, oy, s'iz gut,
First line (Yiddish):
אױ, ס'איז גוט! אַלײן צו זיצן מיט אַ ייִנגל, אױ, ס'איז גוט,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
P-004(b) (Molly Picon at the Yiddish Theatre)
Track ID:
11774
Artist:
Picon, Molly — פּיקאָן, מאָלי
First line:
Oy, s'iz gut! Aleyn tsu zitsn mit a meydl, oy, s'iz gut,
First line (Yiddish):
אױ, ס'איז גוט! אַלײן צו זיצן מיט אַ מײדל, אױ, ס'איז גוט,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
From the musical "Mayn Malkele"
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
K-069(a) (A Feygele Zingt/Yiddish Theatre & Folksongs/Faye Kellerstein)
Track ID:
22632
Vocal:
Kellerstein, Faye
Orchestrations/Accompanist:
Klaplan, Jordan
First line:
Oy, s'iz gut! Aleyn tsu zitsn mit a yingl, oy, s'iz gut,
First line (Yiddish):
אױ, ס'איז גוט! אַלײן צו זיצן מיט אַ ייִנגל, אױ, ס'איז גוט,
Track comment:
From the musical "Mayn Malkele"
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
K-029(h) (The Klezmer Cconservatory Band Dancing In the Aisles)
Track ID:
25249
Artist:
Klezmer Conservatory Band
Vocal:
Bressler, Judy
First line:
Oy, s'iz gut! Aleyn tsu zitsn mit a meydl, oy, s'iz gut, der kop fardrayt vi a..
First line (Yiddish):
אױ, ס'איז גוט! אַלײן צו זיצן מיט אַ מײדל, אױ, ס'איז גוט, דער קאָפ...
Track comment:
From musical "Mayn Malkele"
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Klezmer/Pop/Theatrical
On album:
S-068(d) (Shirim / Oy! It's Good /The Art of Yiddish Song)
Track ID:
28194
Artist:
Shirim
Clarinet:
Dickson, Glenn
Trombone:
Harris, David
Piano/Accordion:
McLaughlin, Michael
Drums:
Rosenthal, Eric
Tuba:
Gray, Jim
Banjo:
Fitzpatrick, Pete
Vocal:
Silberman, Betty
First line:
Oy, s'iz gut! Aleyn tsu zitsn mit a yingl, oy, s'iz gut, dos kop fardreydt…
First line (Yiddish):
אױ, ס'איז גוט! אַלײן צו זיצן מיט אַ ייִנגל, אױ, ס'איז גוט,
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Klezmer/Pop
Length:
002:58
On album:
014j (Picon, Molly/ Yidl Mitn Fidl/ Oy S'iz Gut)
Track ID:
29198
Artist:
Picon, Molly — פּיקאָן, מאָלי
On album:
K-026(k)3 (Klezmania/Shmoozin — קלעזמאַנע)
Track ID:
42252
Vocal/Percussion:
Mrocki, Freydi
Double Bass/Vocal/Guitar/Harmonica:
Krycer, David
Clarinet/Guitar/Backing Vocal:
Myrocki, Lionel
Bayan:
Breytman, David
Arrangement:
Klezmania
First line:
Oy, s'iz git! Alayn tsu zitsn mit a yingl, oy, s'iz git, tsu redn…kidushn ringl
First line (Yiddish):
אױ, ס'איז גיט! אַלײַן צו זיצן מיט אַ ייִנגל, אױ, ס'איז גיט, צו רעדן...קדושן...
Track comment:
From the musical "Mayn Malkele"
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Klezmer/Jazz/Swing/Pop/Concert
Length:
3:12
On album:
B-214(a) (Susan Bauer: von der khupe zum Klezkamp, Klezmer-Musik in New York)
Track ID:
42634
Artist:
Klezmer Conservatory Band
Vocal:
Bressler, Judy
First line:
Oy, s'iz gut! Aleyn tsu zitsn mit a meydl, oy, s'iz gut, der kop fardrayt vi a..
First line (Yiddish):
אױ, ס'איז גוט! אַלײן צו זיצן מיט אַ מײדל, אױ, ס'איז גוט, דער קאָפ...
Track comment:
From musical "Mayn Malkele"
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Klezmer/Pop/Theatrical
Length:
2:47

Oy Volt Ikh Gevolt — אױ װאָלט איך געװאָלט

Author:
Jacobs, Jacob — זשאַקאָבס, זשאַקאָב
Author:
Lillian, Isadore — ליליאַן, איסאַדאָר
Genre:
Theater
Subject:
Marriage/Married Life/Wants/Ideals/Peace/Rituals/Nation
Additional song notes:
From the play by Isidor Friedman and Israel Rosenberg "Wish Me Luck"

Recordings

On album:
R-016(a) (Sing and Dance Some Freilachs with Seymour Rechtzeit)
Track ID:
11797
Vocal:
Rechtzeit, Seymour — רעכצײַט, סימאָר
Artist:
Abe Ellstein Orchestra — אײב עלשטײַן אָרקעסטער
Clarinet:
Tarras, Dave — טאַראַס, דײװ
First line:
Oy, volt ikh gevolt, dem khupe tsu bashtimen, oy, volt ikh..
First line (Yiddish):
אױ, װאָלט איך געװאָלט, דעם חופּה צו באַשטימען, אױ, װאָלט איך...
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
F-022(b) (Yiddish Maestro Please The Feder Sisters)
Track ID:
11798
Vocal:
Feder Sisters — פֿעדער שװעסטער
Artist:
Ellstein, Abe — עלשטײַן, אײב
Vocal:
Feder, Sylvia — פֿעדער, סילװיע
Vocal:
Sloan, Mimi
First line:
Oy, volt ikh gevolt, mayn khupe tsu derlebn, oy, volt ikh...
First line (Yiddish):
אױ, װאָלט איך געװאָלט, מײַן חופּה צו דערלעבן, אױ, װאָלט איך...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
F-009(b) (Leo Fuchs/ Yiddish American...Songs & Humor /Shalom Partner)
Track ID:
11799
Artist:
Fuchs, Leo — פֿוקס, לעאָ
First line:
Oy, volt ikh gevolt, dem khupe tsu bashtimen, oy, volt ikh..
First line (Yiddish):
אױ, װאָלט איך געװאָלט, דעם חופּה צו באַשטימען, אױ, װאָלט איך...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
027b (Rekhtsayt, Seymour/ Yankele/ Oy Volt Ikh Gevolt)
Track ID:
29518
Vocal:
Rechtzeit, Seymour — רעכצײַט, סימאָר

Shpil Klezmer Shpil (Ellstein) — שפּיל קלעזמער שפּיל

Author:
Lillian, Isadore — ליליאַן, איסאַדאָר
Author:
Jacobs, Jacob — זשאַקאָבס, זשאַקאָב
Composer:
Ellstein, Abe — עלשטײַן, אײב
Genre:
Theatre/Klezmer
Subject:
Klezmer/Fiddle/Memory

Recordings

On album:
F-034(c) (Finjan Crossing Selkirk Avenue)
Track ID:
21047
Vocal/Acoustic Bass:
Posen, Kinzey
Artist:
Finjan
First line:
Ven ikh her a fidl shpil, shtel ikh for far zikh a bild,
First line (Yiddish):
װען איך הער אַ פֿידל שפּיל, שטעל איך פֿאָר פֿאַר זיך אַ בילד,
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
R-016(a) (Sing and Dance Some Freilachs with Seymour Rechtzeit)
Track ID:
14187
Vocal:
Rechtzeit, Seymour — רעכצײַט, סימאָר
Artist:
Abe Ellstein Orchestra — אײב עלשטײַן אָרקעסטער
Clarinet:
Tarras, Dave — טאַראַס, דײװ
First line:
Shpil, klezmer, shpil, oyf di dine strunes, klezmer shpil,
First line (Yiddish):
שפּיל, קלעזמער, שפּיל, אױף די דינע סטרונעס, קלעזמער שפּיל,
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
K-045(b) (Klezmer Plus! Featuring Sid Beckerman & Howie Leess)
Track ID:
14190
Artist:
Klezmer Plus
Clarinet:
Beckerman, Sid
Tenor Sax:
Leess, Howie
Piano:
Sokolow, Pete — סוקולוב, פּסח
Trumpet:
Gross, Ken
Bass:
Abruzzo, Tom
Tenor Banjo:
Sapoznik, Henry — סאַפּאָזניק, הענעך
Track comment:
Includes "Shpil Klezmer Shpil" and Tarras compositions.
Style:
Instrumental

That Wonderful Girl Of Mine

Author:
Gallop, Sammy
Author:
Jacobs, Jacob — זשאַקאָבס, זשאַקאָב
Composer:
Olshanetsky, Alexander — אָלשאַנעצקי, אַלעקסאַנדער
Genre:
American/Pop/Adaptation
Subject:
Love
Song comment:
Same melody as "Mayn Shtetele Belz" - No relationship to original text.
Music:
Estella 26/ML PYS 260/GYF 20
Additional song notes:
Same melody as "Mayn Shtetele Belz" - No relationship to original text.

Recordings

On album:
B-002(c) (Jan Bart Sings Yinglish)
Track ID:
14964
Author:
Jacobs, Jacob / Gallop — דזאַקאָבס, דזאַקאָב (1892-1972)
Composer:
Olshanetsky, Alexander — אָלשאַנעצקי, אַלעקסאַנדער
Vocal:
Bart, Jan
Conductor/Arranger:
Gunther, William
First line:
A boy was happy, it was easy to see, the boy was whistling..
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
English
Style:
Pop
On album:
F-065(a) (Fyvush Finkel/ It's Never Too Late)
Track ID:
38828
Piano:
Finkel, Elliot
Vocal:
Finkel, Fyvush — פֿינקל, פֿײַװוּש
Xylophone:
Finkel, Ian
Bass:
Sterbenz, Ed
Guitar:
Berliner, Jay
Drums:
Fischer, Martin
Synth:
Bichel, Ken
Trumpet:
Stripling, Byron
Trombone:
Andos, Randy
Alto Sax:
Olsen, Ralph
Alto Sax:
Anderson, Dennis
Baritone Sax:
Berger, Ken
Backup singer:
Heath, D. Michael
Backup Singer:
Allen, Cheryl Ann
First line:
Her eyes are stars, her lips are like wine, There's not other girl in the world
Language:
English
Style:
American Theater
Length:
2:35

Undzer Yidish Folk — אונדזער ייִדיש פֿאָלק

Author:
Jacobs, Jacob — זשאַקאָבס, זשאַקאָב
Composer:
Ellstein, Abe — עלשטײַן, אײב
Genre:
Theater/Lament
Subject:
Persecution/Survival
Transliteration:
Warem 208
Music:
Warem 208
Sheet music:
Folder:
611
Series:
4
Arranged for:
Voice/Piano
Texts:
Yiddish/Transliteration
Publisher:
Metro Music Co.
Publisher address:
64 Second Ave, New York, NY
Date:
1941
Provenance:
Schper-Rosenthal Sheet Music Collection, Gift of Faye & Jerry Rosenthal
Mel & Shrifra Gold Project, NYBC Catlg #:
343
First line:
Shoyn toyzenter yorn zenen avek zeyt der yid oyf der velt…
First line (Yiddish):
שוין טויזענטער יאָרן זענען אַוועק זייט דער ייִד אויף דער וועלט עקזיסטערט
Notes:
Yiddish and English titles in black block letters. Photo inset of Abraham Ellstein. Reference to Victor Record V-9096. Price 40 cents

Recording

On album:
R-016(f) (Seymour Rechtzeit Yiddish Favorites)
Track ID:
19118
Author:
Jacobs, Jacob — זשאַקאָבס, זשאַקאָב
Composer:
Ellstein, Abe — עלשטײַן, אײב
Vocal:
Rechtzeit, Seymour — רעכצײַט, סימאָר
Artist:
Ellstein, Abe — עלשטײַן, אײב
First line:
Undzer yidish folk vet eybik lebn un oyshaltn yedn gefar,
First line (Yiddish):
אונדזער ייִדיש פֿאָלק װעט אײביק לעבן און אױסהאַלטן יעדן געפֿאַר,
Language:
Yiddish

Vos Du Vilst, Dos Vil Ikh Oykh — װאָס דו װילסט, דאָס װיל איך אױך

Author:
Jacobs, Jacob — זשאַקאָבס, זשאַקאָב
Composer:
Secunda, Sholom — סעקונדאַ, שלום
Genre:
Theater/Love
Subject:
Constancy
Transliteration:
Alb H-007(a)/Warem 220/SM Moskow 51
Music:
Warem 220/SM Moscow 52
Additional song notes:
From the musical "Pini From Pinchev"
Sheet music:
Folder:
100
Series:
4
Arranged for:
Piano/Voice
Texts:
Yiddish/Transliteration
Publisher:
Trio Press, Inc.
Publisher address:
17 E. 18th St., New York
Date:
Not Noted
Provenance:
Gift of Robert & Molly Freedman, 1996
First line:
Kh'vel dir zogn shoyn, az du vest zayn mayn kroyn,
First line (Yiddish):
כ'וועל דיר זאָגן שוין, אַז דו טעסט זייַן מייַן קרוין
Notes:
Sung by Itzik Feld and Lucy Levin. Theater Program Cover entirely in English: "Itzik Feld and Lucy Levin's two song hits from Sholom Secunda's Musical Comedy 'Pini fin Pinchev' by Louis Freiman, Lyrics by Jacob Jacobs Now playing at the Public Theater, Second Ave. at 4th St., New York with Irving Grossman, Diana Goldberg, Paul Burstein, Yetta Zwerling and an All Star Cast." Photos presumably of Itzik Feld, Lucy Levin and Louis Freiman. Photos of Irving Grossman, Diana Goldberg and Paul Burstein. Program includes synopsis of the plot, photos of scenes from the play with credits and cast on the back cover.
Folder:
51
Series:
1
Arranger:
Joseph M. Estella
Arranged for:
Voice/Piano
Texts:
Transliteration
Publisher:
J. & J. Kammen Music Co
Publisher address:
NY 19, NY
Date:
1956
Provenance:
Gift of Barbara Moskow
First line:
Vu du vilst, dos vil ikh oykh, du bist mayn harts,
First line (Yiddish):
וואָס דו ווילסט, דאָס וויל איך אויך, דו ביסט מײַן האַרץ, מײַן מוח,...

Recordings

On album:
K-007(a) (Sing-Along IN Yiddish with Marv Kurz — זינגט מיט מיר אין ייִדיש)
Track ID:
16669
Artist:
Kurz, Marv
First line:
Vos du vilst, dos vil ikh oykh, Du bist mayn harts, mayn...
First line (Yiddish):
װאָס דו װילסט, דאָס װיל איך אױך, דו ביסט מײַן האַרץ, מײַן מוח,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
R-016(b) (Seymour Rexsite Sings Jewish Folk Songs & Yiddish Theatre...)
Track ID:
16670
Vocal:
Rechtzeit, Seymour — רעכצײַט, סימאָר
First line:
Vos du vilst, dos vil ikh oykh, du bist mayn harts,
First line (Yiddish):
װאָס דו װילסט, דאָס װיל אַיך אױך, דו בֿיסט מײַן האַרץ, מײַן מוח,
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
M-021(a) (Raisins and Almonds Benny Michel and his Orchestra)
Track ID:
16671
Artist:
Michal, Benny and Orch
First line:
Vos du vilst, dos vil ikh oykh, Du bist mayn harts, mayn...
First line (Yiddish):
װאָס דו װילסט, דאָס װיל איך אױך, דו ביסט מײַן האַרץ, מײַן מוח,
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
K-045(a) (Nu! Klezmer Plus! Featuring Sid Beckerman and Howie Lees)
Track ID:
16672
Artist:
Klezmer Plus
First line:
Vos du vilst, dos vil ikh oykh, Du bist mayn harts, mayn...
First line (Yiddish):
װאָס דו װילסט, דאָס װיל איך אױך, דו ביסט מײַן האַרץ, מײַן מוח,
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
K-045(b) (Klezmer Plus! Featuring Sid Beckerman & Howie Leess)
Track ID:
16673
Bass:
Abruzzo, Tom
Clarinet:
Beckerman, Sid
Trumpet:
Gross, Ken
Artist:
Klezmer Plus
Tenor Sax:
Leess, Howie
Tenor Banjo:
Sapoznik, Henry — סאַפּאָזניק, הענעך
Piano:
Sokolow, Pete — סוקולוב, פּסח
First line:
Vos du vilst, dos vil ikh oykh, Du bist mayn harts, mayn...
First line (Yiddish):
װאָס דו װילסט, דאָס װיל איך אױך, דו ביסט מײַן האַרץ, מײַן מוח,
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Instrumental
On album:
K-034(a) (Neshoma Orchestra Presents THE NEW YORK KLEZMER ENSEMBLE)
Track ID:
16674
Artist:
New York Klezmer Ensemble
Artist:
Musiker, Ray, arrangement
Style:
Instrumental
On album:
T-007(e) (Freilech In HI Fi Volume 2 Jewish Wedding Dances)
Track ID:
16675
Clarinet:
Tarras, Dave — טאַראַס, דײװ
Artist:
Murray Lehrer Ensemble
Track comment:
Skrip Klezmer Skr../ Vus Du Vilst../ Esheys Khayil/
Style:
Instrumental
On album:
G-005(a) (Isaac Goodfriend sings Sholom Secunda)
Track ID:
18626
Artist:
Goodfriend, Cantor Isaac
First line:
Kh'vel dir zogn shoyn, az du vest zayn mayn kroyn.
First line (Yiddish):
כ'װעל דיר זאָגן שױן, אַז דו װעסט זײַן מײַן קרױן.
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
L-019(e) (Klezmer Wedding featuring Marty Levitt, Clarinet/Marty Levit, King of the Klezmers)
Track ID:
19808
Artist:
Marty Levitt Orchestra
First line:
Vos du vilst, dos vil ikh oykh, Du bist mayn harts, mayn...
First line (Yiddish):
װאָס דו װילסט, דאָס װיל איך אױך, דו ביסט מײַן האַרץ, מײַן מוח,
Track comment:
Vilst, Dos Vil../ Oy S'iz Gut/ Yukl/ Grine Kuzine/ Yosl Yosl
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
C-071(a) (Mazl Tov Mis Amigos / Juan Calle and His Latin Lantzman/ Yiddish Favorites In Latin Tempos)
Track ID:
42378
Vocal:
Powell, Ed
Trumpet:
Cheatham, Doc
Trumpet:
Oles, Lou
Trumpet:
Terry, Clark
Timbals:
Rodriguez, Willie
Piano:
Palmieri, Charles
Lute/Arranger:
Cali, John
Conga/Bongos:
Barretto, Ray
Conductor, Latin Lantzman:
Calle, Juan
Clarinet/Bass Clarinet/Flute:
Russell, Shelly
Bass:
Marshall, Wendell
First line:
Vos du vilst, dos vil ikh oykh, du bist mayn harts, mayn moyekh,…
First line (Yiddish):
װאָס דו װילסט, דאָס װיל איך אױך, דו ביסט מײַן האַרץ, מײַן מוח,
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert/Dance/Klezmer/Latin/Cha Cha
Length:
3:00

Vot Ken You Makh? Es Iz Amerike! — װאָט קען יו מאַך? עס איז אַמעריקע?

Author:
Jacobs, Jacob — זשאַקאָבס, זשאַקאָב
Composer:
Olshanetsky, Alexander — אָלשאַנעצקי, אַלעקסאַנדער
Genre:
Theater/Shund/Humor
Subject:
Customs/America/Europe/Life Style/
Transliteration:
Alb K-030(c)/Alb G-048(d)/Alb K-059(e)/Ephemera 1458
Translation:
Alb K-030(c)/Alb K-059(e)/Ephemera 1458
Additional song notes:
How do you figure it out ? What can you do? It's America See Ephemera 1458 - Aaron lebedeff credited with lyrics Sholom Secunda with music

Recordings

On album:
G-067(d) (Di Gojim Fun Sjtetl un Sjtets — די גױיִם פֿון שטעטל און שטעץ)
Track ID:
31031
Drum/Vibraphone/"Toepan"/Backup Vocals:
Knaven, Vincent
Clarinet/Alto Sax/Soprano Sax/Tin Whistle/Lead Vocal:
Mulder, Jaap
Contra-Bass/Violin/Banjo/Guitar/Backup Vocals/Trombone:
Tseard, Nauta
Trumpet/Back-up Vocals:
van der Reijden, Sjaak
Bass Tuba/Bass Trombone/Violin/Whistle/Backup Vocals/Trombon:
Roelofsen, Eric
Accordion/Backup Vocals:
Sijtsma, Jacob
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert
On album:
K-030(c) (Kapelye's טשיקען Chicken)
Track ID:
16751
Artist:
Kapeyle and Michael Alpert — קעפּעליע און מיקעל אַלפּערט
Conductor:
Sapoznik, Henry — סאַפּאָזניק, הענעך
First line:
Keyn amerike tsu kumen, hob ikh keyn mi geshport,
First line:
קיין אַמעריקע צו קומען, האָב איך קײן מי געשפּאָרט,
On album:
L-002(c) (Aaron Lebedeff Sings Fifteen Favorites of .. Yiddish Theatre)
Track ID:
16752
Artist:
Lebedeff, Aaron — לעבעדאָװ, אהרן
First line:
Keyn amerike tsu kumen, hob ikh keyn mi geshport,
First line:
קיין אַמעריקע צו קומען, האָב איך קײן מי געשפּאָרט,
Track comment:
Recorded under "What Can You Mach S'iz America"
On album:
G-013(d)4 (Song of the Golden Land Lectures 07 and 08)
Track ID:
16753
Artist:
Lebedeff, Aaron — לעבעדאָװ, אהרן
Narration:
Katzman, Dr. Jacob
First line:
Keyn amerike tsu kumen, hob ikh keyn mi geshport,
First line:
קיין אַמעריקע צו קומען, האָב איך קײן מי געשפּאָרט,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Lecture 7. Song of the Golden Land, Immigrants and Theatre
On album:
W-017(a) (The Wholesale Klezmer Band "Bop Till You Plotz")
Track ID:
16754
Artist:
Wholesale Klezmer Band
Vocal/Conductor:
Kurland, (Joe) Yosl — קורלאַנד, יוסל
First line:
Keyn amerike tsu kumen, hob ikh keyn mi geshport,
First line:
קיין אַמעריקע צו קומען, האָב איך קײן מי געשפּאָרט,
On album:
T-007(j) (Dave Tarras Yiddish-American Klezmer Music 1925-1956)
Track ID:
16755
Vocal:
Lebedeff, Aaron — לעבעדאָװ, אהרן
Clarinet:
Tarras, Dave — טאַראַס, דײװ
Artist:
Alexander Olshanetsky Orchestra — אַלעקסאַנדער אָלשאַנעצקי אָרקעסטער
First line:
Keyn amerike tsu kumen, hob ikh keyn mi geshport,
First line:
קיין אַמעריקע צו קומען, האָב איך קײן מי געשפּאָרט,
Track comment:
Recorded under "What Can You Mach S'is America"
On album:
G-067(b) (Di Gojim (Holland) Grine Medine)
Track ID:
21111
Artist:
Di Gojim (Netherlands) די גױעם (נידירלענדן)
First line:
Keyn amerike tsu kumen, hob ikh keyn mi geshport,
First line:
קיין אַמעריקע צו קומען, האָב איך קײן מי געשפּאָרט,
On album:
S-068(b) (Shirim Klezmer Orchestra Naftule's Dream)
Track ID:
21443
Artist:
Silberman, Betty & Shirim Klezmer
First line:
Keyn amerike tsu kumen, hob ikh keyn mi geshport,
First line (Yiddish):
קיין אַמעריקע צו קומען, האָב איך קײן מי געשפּאָרט,
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
A-035(a) (Lomp Nokh Nit Farloshn Jiddische Lieder Gruppe Aufwind — לאָמפּ נאָך נישט פֿאַרלאָשן)
Track ID:
21661
Artist:
Aufwind
First line:
Keyn amerike tsu kumen, hob ikh keyn mi geshport,
First line (Yiddish):
קיין אַמעריקע צו קומען, האָב איך קײן מי געשפּאָרט,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Klezmer
On album:
K-059(e) (Daniel Kempin, Dimitry Reznik Benkshaft — בענקשאַפֿט)
Track ID:
26943
Arranger:
Resnik, Dimitry
Artist:
Kempin, Daniel
Violin:
Resnik, Dimitry
Arranger:
Kempin, Daniel
First line:
Keyn amerike tsu kumen, hob ikh keyn mi geshport,
First line:
קיין אַמעריקע צו קומען, האָב איך קײן מי געשפּאָרט,
On album:
K-093(a) (Klezmer / Yiddish Swing Music)
Track ID:
30799
Vocal:
Lebedeff, Aaron — לעבעדאָװ, אהרן
Artist:
Olshanetsky, Alexander — אָלשאַנעצקי, אַלעקסאַנדער
First line:
Keyn amerike tsu kumen, hob zikh nit geshport, hob gedenkt aroptsulozn…
First line (Yiddish):
קייִן אַמעריקע צו קומען, האָב זיך מיט געשפּאָרט, האָב געדענקט אַראָפּצולאָזן און...
Track comment:
Originally Recorded 1929
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Pop
On album:
039j (Lebedeff, Aaron/ Vot Ken Yu Makh? S'iz Amerike/ Khasene In Tshidzeve)
Track ID:
29928
Artist:
Lebedeff, Aaron — לעבעדאָװ, אהרן
On album:
B-214(a) (Susan Bauer: von der khupe zum Klezkamp, Klezmer-Musik in New York)
Track ID:
42625
Vocal:
Lebedeff, Aaron — לעבעדאָװ, אהרן
Artist:
Alexander Olshanetsky Orchestra — אַלעקסאַנדער אָלשאַנעצקי אָרקעסטער
First line:
Keyn amerike tsu kumen, hob zikh nit geshport, hob gedenkt aroptsulozn…
First line (Yiddish):
קיין אַמעריקע צו קומען, האָב זיך מיט געשפּאָרט, האָב געדענקט אַראָפּצולאָזן און...
Track comment:
Originally Recorded 1929
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Pop/Klezmer/Theater
Length:
3:18

Vu Nemt Men A Moyshe Rabeynu — װוּ נעמט מען אַ משׁה רבנו

Author:
Kreitzberg, Yasha — קרײַצבערג, יאַשאַ
Composer:
Jacobs, Jacob — זשאַקאָבס, זשאַקאָב
Genre:
Theater/ Deama /Musical
Subject:
Moses/Freedom/Persecution/Rescue/Pharoh/Oppressors
Additional song notes:
How do we find a new Moses today?

Recording

On album:
D-004(k) (Gems Of The Jewish Operetta Louis Danto)
Track ID:
16842
Vocal:
Danto, Cantor Louis — דאַנטאָ, חזן לואיס
Artist:
Jewish Instr Ensemb of Toronto
Conductor:
Heller, Charles
First line:
Ikh leyg fil mol banakht, ikh shlof nit nor ikh trakht,
First line (Yiddish):
איך לײג פֿיל מאָל באַנאַכט, איך שלאָף ניט נאָר איך טראַכט,
Track comment:
From comedy drama From Berlin To New York by T. Solotorefsky
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert

What Can You Mach S'iz America!

Author:
Jacobs, Jacob — זשאַקאָבס, זשאַקאָב
Composer:
Olshanetsky, Alexander — אָלשאַנעצקי, אַלעקסאַנדער
Genre:
Theater/Humorous/Klezmer
Subject:
Gender Reversal/Peyes/Marriage/Children/Morals/Money
Transliteration:
Ephemera 1600
Translation:
Ephemera 1600
Related information in folder 1600:
Comments:
1. 8/8/2017 Transliteration and translation entered in Ephemera on August 8, 2017

Recordings

On album:
xL-002(c)
Track ID:
16946
Vocal/Author:
Lebedeff, Aaron — לעבעדאָװ, אהרן
Composer:
Secunda, Sholom — סעקונדאַ, שלום
Artist:
Lebedeff, Aaron — לעבעדאָװ, אהרן
First line:
Keyn amerike tsu kumen, hob ikh keyn mi geshport,
First line:
קיין אַמעריקע צו קומען, האָב איך קײן מי געשפּאָרט,
Track comment:
Recorded under "What Can You Mach S'iz America"
On album:
A-095(a) (Anthology of Jewish Music / Yiddish Hebrew & Klezmer)
Track ID:
40265
Artist:
Lebedeff, Aaron — לעבעדאָװ, אהרן
Length:
3:17

Yingele Nit Veyn — ייִנגעלע ניט װײן

Author:
Jacobs, Jacob — זשאַקאָבס, זשאַקאָב
Composer:
Ellstein, Abe — עלשטײַן, אײב
Genre:
Theatre/Lament
Subject:
Father/Son/Motherless/Immigration/Protection/Family/Child
Transliteration:
Alb K-029(b)/SM 1317
Translation:
Alb K-029(b)/SM 1317
Music:
SM 1317
Additional song notes:
Don't Cry Little Boy

Recordings

On album:
R-016(b) (Seymour Rexsite Sings Jewish Folk Songs & Yiddish Theatre...)
Track ID:
17578
Vocal:
Rechtzeit, Seymour — רעכצײַט, סימאָר
First line:
Yingele nit veyn, ikh vel dikh keyn mol nit farlozn, neyn,
First line (Yiddish):
ייִגעלע ניט װײן, איך װעל דיך קײן מאָל ניט פֿאָרלאָזן, נײן,
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Pop
On album:
K-029(b) (Klez!!! The Klezmer Conservatory Band)
Track ID:
17579
Vocal:
Bressler, Judy
Artist:
Klezmer Conservatory Band
Conductor:
Netsky, Hankus
First line:
A troyerik bild hob ikh gezen, vos ikh ken nit fargesn neyn.
First line (Yiddish):
אַ טרױעריק בילד האָב איך געזען, װאָס איך קען ניט פֿאַרגעסן, נײן.
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Big Band/Concert
On album:
B-028(e) (At Home With The Barry Sisters)
Track ID:
17580
Vocal:
Barry Sisters — שװעסטער באַרי
Conductor/Arranger:
Ellstein, Abe — עלשטײַן, אײב
First line:
A troyerik bild hob ikh gezen, vos ikh ken nit fargesn neyn.
First line (Yiddish):
אַ טרױעריק בילד האָב איך געזען, װאָס איך קען ניט פֿאַרגעסן, נײן.
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Pop/Theatre/Duet
On album:
A-033(a) (The Austin Klezmorim Texas Klez)
Track ID:
17581
Artist:
Austin Klezmorim
First line:
A troyerik bild hob ikh gezen, vos ikh ken nit fargesn neyn.
First line (Yiddish):
אַ טרױעריק בילד האָב איך געזען, װאָס איך קען ניט פֿאַרגעסן, נײן.
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Klezmer
On album:
K-064(a) (Jiddischkeit a concert in the Jewish Spirit Bente Kahn)
Track ID:
18696
Vocal:
Kahan, Bente
Artist:
Gjertrud's Gipsy Orchestra
Conductor:
Okland, Gjertrud
First line:
A troyerik bild hob ikh gezen, vos ikh ken nit fargesn neyn.
First line (Yiddish):
אַ טרױעריק בילד האָב איך געזען, װאָס איך קען ניט פֿאַרגעסן, נײן.
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert
On album:
U-005(a) (Jewish Songs II Piesni zydowskie Irena Urbanska)
Track ID:
26014
Vocal:
Urbanska, Irena
Piano/Clarinet:
Lic, Leslaw
First line:
A troyerik bild hob ikh gezen, vos ikh ken nit fargesn neyn.
First line (Yiddish):
אַ טרױעריק בילד האָב איך געזען, װאָס איך קען ניט פֿאַרגעסן, נײן.
Track comment:
Recorded under "Nie placz malenki"
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
K-073(b) (Second Ave Theatre Lomir Ale Freilech Zayn Betty Klein — בטי קלין זינגט אַבי געזונט, לאָמיר אַלע פֿרײליך זײַן)
Track ID:
26035
Vocal:
Klein, Betty
First line:
A troyerik bild hob ikh gezen, vos ikh ken es nit fargesn...
First line (Yiddish):
אַ טרױעריק בילד האָב איך געזען, װאָס איך קען עס ניט פֿאַרגעסן,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
From film of same name with Molly Picon.
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
A-035(a) (Lomp Nokh Nit Farloshn Jiddische Lieder Gruppe Aufwind — לאָמפּ נאָך נישט פֿאַרלאָשן)
Track ID:
28723
Artist:
Aufwind
Vocal/Clarinet/Bass Clarinet/Recorder:
Hermerschmidt, Jan
Violin/Viola:
Koch, Claudia
Contrabass:
Paffrath, Thomas
Mandolin/Guitar/Arranger:
Reich, Hardy
Bandoneon (Button Accordion)/Percussion:
Rohde, Andreas
First line:
A troyerik bild hob ikh gezen, vos ikh ken es fargesn, neyn, a man a …
First line (Yiddish):
אַ טרױעריק בילד האָב איך געזען, װאָס איך קען ניט פֿאַרגעסן, נײן. אָ מאָן אָ...
Track comment:
Solo vocal - unidentified male singer from the group
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert
Length:
3' 42"
On album:
027m (Rekhtsayt, Seymour/ Sholem Tants/ Yingele Nit Veyn)
Track ID:
29539
Vocal:
Rechtzeit, Seymour — רעכצײַט, סימאָר

You, The Sun And The Stars

Author:
Jacobs, Jacob — זשאַקאָבס, זשאַקאָב
Composer:
Olshanetsky, Alexander — אָלשאַנעצקי, אַלעקסאַנדער

Recording

On album:
R-019(a) (The Happy People Danny Rubinstein and his Orchestra)
Track ID:
17872
Drums:
Kutcher, Marvin
Trumpet:
Kutcher, Sam
Piano:
Shilkret, Nathaniel
Trumpet:
Brown, Harry
Leader/Clarinet:
Rubinstein, Danny
Artist:
Danny Rubinstein Orchestra
Bass:
Romoff, Dick
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Du Un Di Zin Un Di Shtern
Style:
Instrumental

Zlatapol — זלאַטאַפּאָל

Author:
Jacobs, Jacob — זשאַקאָבס, זשאַקאָב
Composer:
Olshanetsky, Alexander — אָלשאַנעצקי, אַלעקסאַנדער
Genre:
Theater
Subject:
Place/Zlatapol/CitiesShtetl/Home/Memory
Additional song notes:
From the operetta "What Girls Do"
Sheet music:
Folder:
671
Series:
4
Arranged for:
Voice/Piano
Texts:
Yiddish/Transliteration
Publisher:
Metro Music Co.
Publisher address:
58 Second Ave, New York, NY
Date:
1935
Provenance:
Schper-Rosenthal Sheet Music Collection, Gift of Faye & Jerry Rosenthal
Mel & Shrifra Gold Project, NYBC Catlg #:
444
First line:
Ikh bin aykh moykhl ale zibn gliken…
First line (Yiddish):
איך בין אײַך מוחל אַלע זיבן גליקן, וועמען עס געפֿללט פּאַריז און וויען,
Notes:
Dark blue lettering, Yiddish/English. Photos of Leon Gold and Alexander Olshanetsky on front cover. From the Operetta "What Girls Do" starring Molly Picon. Played at David Kessler's Second Avenue Theatre, New York. Price 30 cents. Back cover includes Yiddish words and Cast of Characters of play, in Yiddish and English.

Recordings

On album:
R-016(b) (Seymour Rexsite Sings Jewish Folk Songs & Yiddish Theatre...)
Track ID:
18087
Vocal:
Rechtzeit, Seymour — רעכצײַט, סימאָר
First line:
Zlatapol, mayn kleyn shtetele, Zlatapol, mayn sheyn shtetele
First line (Yiddish):
זלאַטאַפּאַל, מײַן קלײן שטעטעלע, זלאַטאַפּאָל, מײַן שײן שטעטעלע,
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
T-007(e) (Freilech In HI Fi Volume 2 Jewish Wedding Dances)
Track ID:
18088
Clarinet:
Tarras, Dave — טאַראַס, דײװ
Artist:
Murray Lehrer Ensemble
Style:
Instrumental
On album:
G-105(e) (Golem/ Homesick Songs)
Track ID:
41448
contrabass:
Bergren-Chrisman, Taylor
drums:
Cromwell, Laura
vocals, tambourine:
Diskin, Aaron
trombone:
Hasselbring, Curtis
vocals, accordion:
Kogan, Annette Ezekiel
Language:
Yiddish
Length:
3:45

Zmiros (Jacobs) — זמירות (דזאַקאָבס)

Author:
Jacobs, Jacob — זשאַקאָבס, זשאַקאָב
Composer:
Secunda, Sholom — סעקונדאַ, שלום
Genre:
Theater
Subject:
Memory/Family/Sabbath/Shabos/Children/Song/Joy
Origin:
Alb 054(a)
Transliteration:
Alb H-002(c)/Alb 054(a)
Translation:
Alb 054(a)
Sheet music:
Folder:
413
Series:
4
Arranged for:
Voice/Piano
Texts:
Yiddish/Transliteration
Publisher:
Metro Music Co.
Publisher address:
64 Second Ave, New York, NY
Date:
1937
Provenance:
Schper-Rosenthal Sheet Music Collection, Gift of Faye & Jerry Rosenthal
Mel & Shrifra Gold Project, NYBC Catlg #:
189
First line:
Gedenkt ir yene zise tseytn ven mir senen kinder nokh geven.
First line (Yiddish):
געדענקט איר יענע זיסע צייַטן ווען מיר זייַנען קינדער נאַך געטטען,
Notes:
Black lettering, Hebrew/Yiddish/English. Photo insert of Sholom Secunda. Price 50 cents. Yiddish words on back cover.

Recordings

On album:
G-005(a) (Isaac Goodfriend sings Sholom Secunda)
Track ID:
18622
Vocal:
Goodfriend, Cantor Isaac
First line:
Gedenkt ir yene zise tsaytn, ven mir zenen kinder nokh...
First line (Yiddish):
געדענקט איר יענע זיסע צײַטן, װען מיר זענען קינדער נאָך געװען,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
B-031(a) (Jewish Classic Songs by Henry Belasco)
Track ID:
18095
Vocal:
Belasco, Henry
First line:
Gedenkt ir yene sheyne tsaytn, ven mir zenen kinder nokh...
First line (Yiddish):
געדענקט איר יענע שײנע צײַטן, װען מיר זענען קינדער נאָך געװען,
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
H-002(c) (Cantor Jacob Hass Jewish Folk Songs..&..Hebrew...Melodies)
Track ID:
20723
Vocal:
Hass, Cantor Jacob
First line:
Gedenkt ir yene sheyne tsaytn, ven mir zenen kinder nokh...
First line (Yiddish):
געדענקט איר יענע שײנע צײַטן, װען מיר זענען קינדער נאָך געװען,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
A-054(a) (Robert Paul Abelson, Baritone / Joyce Rosenzweig, Piano / A Leyter Tus Himl/ A Ladder to Heaven/ The Art of Jewish Song — אַ לייטער צום הימל)
Track ID:
35848
Vocal:
Abelson, Cantor Robert Paul
Piano/Arrangement:
Rosenzweig, Joyce
First line:
Gedenkt ir yene sheyne tsaytn, ven mir zenen kinder nokh geven?
First line (Yiddish):
געדענקט איר יענע שײנע צײַטן, װען מיר זענען קינדער נאָך געװען?
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert/Art Song
Length:
2:47

Zog Es Mir Nokh A Mol — זאָג עס מיר נאָך אַ מאָל

Author:
Jacobs, Jacob — זשאַקאָבס, זשאַקאָב
Composer:
Ellstein, Abe — עלשטײַן, אײב
Genre:
Theater/Love
Subject:
Affirmation/Repition/Zionist/Slave/Father/Terror/Cows
Transliteration:
Kammen Jaff 8/Ephemera 1563
Translation:
Ephemera 1563/Alb M-068(a)04
Music:
Kammen Jaff 8
Additional song notes:
See Israeli and Jewish Song Hits for the Eb Alto Saxaphone Kammen Jaff Book Index M108.I82 1963, P 8 for transliteration and music Say It Again From "Di Gantse Velt Iz A Teater"
Related information in folder 1563:
Comments:
1.3/26/17 Yiddisn transliteration and English translation from internet entered in Ephemera on March 26, 2017
Sheet music:
Folder:
77
Series:
4
Arranged for:
Piano/Voice
Texts:
Transliteration
Publisher:
Trio Press
Publisher address:
28 E. Fourth Street, NY
Provenance:
Gift of Robert & Molly Freedman, 1996 and Debra Rasansky, March 2017
First line:
Ir hot aza blas ponim un nokh file semunim,
First line (Yiddish):
איר האָט אַזאַ בלאַס פּנים, און נאַך פֿילע סעמונים,
Notes:
Original Sheet Music Contributed by Debra Rasansky March 2017
Folder:
1011
Series:
4
Arranger:
Scher, William
Arranged for:
Voice/Piano
Texts:
Yiddish/Transliteration
Publisher:
Metro Music Company
Publisher address:
54 Second Ave, New York, New York 10003
Date:
1955
Provenance:
Gift of Faye and Jerry Rosenthal
First line:
Zog, zog, zog es mir, ikh vil es hern shoyn fun dir,
First line (Yiddish):
זאָג, זאָג, זאָג עס מיר, איך וויל עס הערן שוין פֿון דיר,
Notes:
From "Metro Folio Popular Jewish Songs" catalogued in Van Pelt Library M1852.P67 1955

Recordings

On album:
B-028(a) (The World Of The Barry Sisters Memorable Jewish Melodies)
Track ID:
18100
Vocal:
Barry Sisters — שװעסטער באַרי
First line:
Zug (7), Zug es mir nokh a mol (2), ikh bin gern tsu heren..
First line (Yiddish):
זאָג (7), זוג עס מיר נאָך אַ מאָל (2), איך בין גערן צו הערען...
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Swing
On album:
B-028(e) (At Home With The Barry Sisters)
Track ID:
18101
Vocal:
Barry Sisters — שװעסטער באַרי
Artist:
Ellstein, Abe — עלשטײַן, אײב
First line:
Zug es mir nokh a mol, vayl ikh bin gern tsu hern di...
First line (Yiddish):
זאָג עס מיר נאָך אַ מאָל, װײַל איך בין גערן צו הערען די שײנע...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Swing
On album:
F-019(a) (More Bagels and Bongos Irving Fields Trio)
Track ID:
18102
Artist:
Fields Trio, Irving
Artist:
Fields, Irving, piano & arr
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Style:
Instrumental/Latin
On album:
K-059(e) (Daniel Kempin, Dimitry Reznik Benkshaft — בענקשאַפֿט)
Track ID:
26935
Artist:
Kempin, Daniel
Arranger:
Resnik, Dimitry
Violin:
Resnik, Dimitry
Arranger:
Kempin, Daniel
First line:
Ven ikh zol zikh nor oystoygen, gefinen kheyn in dayne oygn,
First line (Yiddish):
װען איך זאָל זיך נאָר אױסטױגען, געפֿינען חן אין דײַנע אױגן,
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Swing
On album:
K-068(e) (Klezaimir Back in the Shtetl Again — צוריק אין דעם שטעטל נאָכאַמאָל)
Track ID:
27140
Artist:
Klezamir
Vocal:
Bernard, Rhoda
First line:
Ven ikh zol zikh nor oystoygen gefinen kheyn in dayne oygn,
First line (Yiddish):
װען איך זאָל זיך נאָר אױסטױגן געפֿינינען חן אין דײַנע אױגן,
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Swing
On album:
M-068(a)04 (Milken/ Abraham Ellstein: Great Songs of The Yiddish Stage Volume 1)
Track ID:
42427
Vocal:
Adler, Bruce
Artist:
Barcelona Symphony
Orchestration:
Russ, Patrick
Arranger:
Russ, Patrick
Arranger:
Mlotek, Zalmen — מלאָטעק, זלמן, (1951)
First line:
Ven ikh zol zikh nor oystoygen, gefinen kheyn in dayne oygn, volt di gantse velt
First line (Yiddish):
װען איך זאָל זיך נאָר אױסטױגען, געפֿינען חן אין דײַנע אױגן, וואָלט די גאַנצע...
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Swing/Concert/Klezmer/Theatrical
Length:
2:51

Voyl Iz Der Mamen — ווייל איז דער מאמען

Author:
Jacobs, Jacob — זשאַקאָבס, זשאַקאָב
Composer:
Olshanetsky, Alexander — אָלשאַנעצקי, אַלעקסאַנדער
Genre:
Theatre
Subject:
Mother

Recording

On album:
F-045(a)1 (From Avenue A To The Great White Way/ Yiddish & American Popular Songs/ Disk 1)
Track ID:
28506
Accompaniment:
Alexander Olshanetsky Orchestra — אַלעקסאַנדער אָלשאַנעצקי אָרקעסטער
Conductor:
Olshanetsky, Alexander — אָלשאַנעצקי, אַלעקסאַנדער
Vocal:
Original Chorus Of National Theatre
First line:
Voyl iz der mame, gut iz der mamen,
First line (Yiddish):
ווױל איז דער מאַמען, גוט איז דער מאַמען
Track comment:
Originally Recorded by Columbia Records 8134D on April 18, 1927
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Klezmer/Chorus/Theatre
Length:
02:55

Dos Yidl Fun Der South — יִדל פֿון דער סאָוט

Author:
Jacobs, Jacob — זשאַקאָבס, זשאַקאָב
Composer:
Olshanetsky, Alexander — אָלשאַנעצקי, אַלעקסאַנדער
Genre:
Theatre
Subject:
Blacks/Slave/Lincoln/Emancipation/Soth/Place/Cotton Fields
Song comment:
Incororates "Sleep No More My Lady"

Recording

On album:
F-045(a)1 (From Avenue A To The Great White Way/ Yiddish & American Popular Songs/ Disk 1)
Track ID:
28519
Vocal:
Grossman, Irving
Artist:
Alexander Olshanetsky Orchestra — אַלעקסאַנדער אָלשאַנעצקי אָרקעסטער
First line:
Oy fun danen, I vel..., a sheyne plats vi s'hobn eksistirt di sklafn,i
First line (Yiddish):
אױ פֿון דאַנען, איך װעל ...אַ שיין פּלאַץ װי ס'האָט עקסיסירט די שקאַפֿן
Track comment:
Originally Recorded April 11, 1927/ Columbia 8132F
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Theatre Production Number

Aza Yor Oyf Mir — אַזאַ יאָר אויף מיר

Author:
Lillian, Isadore — ליליאַן, איסאַדאָר
Author:
Jacobs, Jacob — זשאַקאָבס, זשאַקאָב
Composer:
Ellstein, Abe — עלשטײַן, אײב
Genre:
Theater/Humorous
Subject:
Romance/Food/Appearance
Additional song notes:
From the operetta "Just My Luck"
Sheet music:
Folder:
609
Series:
4
Arranged for:
Voice/Piano
Texts:
Yiddish/Transliteration
Publisher:
Metro Music Co.
Publisher address:
64 Second Ave, New York, NY
Date:
1947
Provenance:
Schper-Rosenthal Sheet Music Collection, Gift of Faye & Jerry Rosenthal
Mel & Shrifra Gold Project, NYBC Catlg #:
348
First line:
Meynstu dos ernst vil ikh itster bay dir fregn…
First line (Yiddish):
מיינסטו דאָס ערנסט וויל איך איצטער בײַ דיר פֿרעגן,
Notes:
Brown lettering, English/Yiddish. Photos of Abraham Ellstein and Menasha Skulnik on cover. From the Operetta "Just My Luck". Starring Menasha Skulnik. Banner record No. 2065. Price 35 cents. Yiddish lyrics on back cover.

Recording

On album:
015c (Skulnik, Menashe/ Such A Year On Me/ Not On The Top, Not On The...)
Track ID:
29211
Artist:
Skulnick, Menasha — סקולניק, מנשה

Eybik Dayn — אייביק דייִן

Author:
Jacobs, Jacob — זשאַקאָבס, זשאַקאָב
Composer:
Kreitzberg, Yasha — קרײַצבערג, יאַשאַ
Composer:
Kreitzberg, Yasha — קרײַצבערג, יאַשאַ
Genre:
Theater
Subject:
Devotion/Undying love
Song comment:
Possibly never commercially recorded

Recording

On album:
B-087(a) (Henry Berman: 1945-1948 — חיים בערמאַן: 1948-1945)
Track ID:
30768
Vocal/Additional English lyrics:
Berman, Henry — בערמאַן, חיים
First line:
Ebik dayn, eybik dayn ikh vil itst a shvue gebn libe mayn
First line:
אייביק דייִן, אייביק דייִן, איך וויל איצט אַ שבֿועה געבן ליבע מײַן
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish/English
Style:
Theatre

Pinie Fun Pinshev — פּיניע פֿון פּינשעוו

Author:
Jacobs, Jacob — זשאַקאָבס, זשאַקאָב
Composer:
Secunda, Sholom — סעקונדאַ, שלום
Genre:
Theater/Humorous
Subject:
Efficiency/Handsome/Clark Gable/Robert Taylor/
Additional song notes:
From the musical "Pinie Fun Pinshev"
Sheet music:
Folder:
101
Series:
4
Arranged for:
Piano/Voice
Texts:
Yiddish/Transliteration
Publisher:
Trio Press, Inc
Publisher address:
37 E. 18th St. New York
Date:
Not Noted
Provenance:
Gift of Robert & Molly Freedman, 1996
First line:
Ver iz der oybershte fun shteysl, ver is gevorn..
First line (Yiddish):
ווער איז דער אָויבערשטע פֿון שטויסל, ווער איז...
Notes:
Sung by Itzik Feld. Theater Program Cover entirely in English: "Itzik Feld and Lucy Levin's two song hits from Sholom Secunda's Musical Comedy 'Pini fin Pinchev' by Louis Freiman, Lyrics by Jacob Jacobs Now playing at the Public Theater, Second Ave. at 4th St., New York with Irving Grossman, Diana Goldberg, Paul Burstein, Yetta Zwerling and an All Star Cast." Photos presumably of Itzik Feld, Lucy Levin and Louis Freiman. Photos of Irving Grossman, Diana Goldberg and Paul Burstein. Program includes synopsis of the plot, photos of scenes from the play with credits and cast on the back cover.

Khanele (Jacobs) — חנעלע

Author:
Jacobs, Jacob — זשאַקאָבס, זשאַקאָב
Composer:
Olshanetsky, Alexander — אָלשאַנעצקי, אַלעקסאַנדער
Genre:
Theater/Love
Additional song notes:
From Olshanetsky's operetta "Motke Fun Slobodke"
Sheet music:
Folder:
105
Series:
4
Arranged for:
Piano/Voice
Texts:
Yiddish/Transliteration
Publisher:
Trio Press, Inc.,
Publisher address:
28 E. 4th Street
Date:
1930
Provenance:
Gift of Robert & Molly Freedman, 1996
First line:
Oy khanele, mayn khanele, zog mir fray,
First line (Yiddish):
אוי חנהלע, מייַן חנהלע, זאָג מיר פֿרייַ

S'vet Zayn Gut (Jacobs) — ס'וועט זײַן גוט (דזעקאָבס)

Author:
Jacobs, Jacob — זשאַקאָבס, זשאַקאָב
Composer:
Fleischman, Manny L. — פֿלײַשמאַן, מעני ל
Genre:
Theater
Subject:
Optimism/Hope
Additional song notes:
From the play "Second Marriage by Louis Freiman
Sheet music:
Folder:
360
Series:
4
Arranged for:
Voice/Piano
Texts:
Yiddish/Transliteration
Publisher:
Metro Music Co.
Publisher address:
64 Second Ave, New York, NY
Date:
1953
Provenance:
Schper-Rosenthal Sheet Music Collection, Gift of Faye & Jerry Rosenthal
Mel & Shrifra Gold Project, NYBC Catlg #:
135
First line:
Folg mikh tayerer, gib zikh nor nit inter….
Notes:
Blue lettering, Yiddish/English. From the play "Second Marriage" by Louis Freiman. Photo inserts of Manny Fleischman (Music), Jacob Jacobs (Words), Irving Jacobson (Producer), Edmund Zayenda (Producer), Miriam Kressyn. Price 50 cents. Yiddish words on back cover for male and female vocalists and chorus.

Recording

On album:
A-060(e) (Songs From the Attic/ Lider Fun Boydem 1/ The Best of 78 Records/A Letter From Mother — לידער פֿון בוידעם 1\ די בעסטע פֿון 78 פּלאַטן, אַ סריוועלע דער מאַמען)
Track ID:
35393
Vocal:
Marovski, Mark — מאַראָװסקי, מאַרק
First line:
Hob hundert lider gezungen als in der heym shoyn lang,
First line (Yiddish):
האָב הונדערט לידער געזונגען אַלס אין דער היים שוין לאַנג,
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Pop

Mayn Meydele (Jacobs) — מייִן מיידעלע (דשזאַקאָבס)

Author:
Jacobs, Jacob — זשאַקאָבס, זשאַקאָב
Composer:
Ellstein, Abe — עלשטײַן, אײב
Genre:
Theater/Love
Subject:
Comfort/Joy
Additional song notes:
My Little Girl
Sheet music:
Folder:
379
Series:
4
Arranged for:
Voice/Piano
Texts:
Yiddish/Transliteration
Publisher:
Metro Music Co.
Publisher address:
58 Second Ave, New York, NY
Date:
1934
Provenance:
Schper-Rosenthal Sheet Music Collection, Gift of Faye & Jerry Rosenthal
Mel & Shrifra Gold Project, NYBC Catlg #:
155
First line:
Meydele sheyns, meydele kleyns, du bist in meyn lebn arayn..
First line (Yiddish):
מיידעלע שיינס, מיידעלע קליינס, דו ביסט אין מײַן לעבן אַרײַנגעקומען…
Notes:
Brown lettering, Yiddish/English. As sung by the following radio artists: Herman Yablokoff, Irving Grossman, Max Rosenblatt, Leon Gold, Seymour Rekhtzeit & Meyer Steinwortzel. Price 30 cents. Photo insert of Abraham Ellstein (Music).

A Mame Darf Men Hern — אַ מאַמע דאַרף מען הערן

Author:
Jacobs, Jacob — זשאַקאָבס, זשאַקאָב
Composer:
Secunda, Sholom — סעקונדאַ, שלום
Genre:
Theater
Subject:
Mother/Sacrifice/Children/Obedience
Additional song notes:
From the play "A Home For Mother" - "A Heym Far A Mame"
Sheet music:
Folder:
386
Series:
4
Arranged for:
Voice/Piano
Texts:
Yiddish/Transliteration
Publisher:
Trio Press Inc.
Publisher address:
28-30 East 4th Street
Provenance:
Schper-Rosenthal Sheet Music Collection, Gift of Faye & Jerry Rosenthal
Mel & Shrifra Gold Project, NYBC Catlg #:
162
First line:
Oy kinder, kinder ven ir zolt visen, vifil a mame laydet…
First line (Yiddish):
אוי, קינדער, קינדער ווען איר זאָלט וויסן וויפֿיל אַ מאַמע לײַדעט פֿון אײַך,
Notes:
Dark blue lettering, English/Yiddish. Photo inserts of Mr. Goldberg, Mrs Goldberg, Jacob Jacobs, Mrs. Betty Jacobs. Sung by Betty Jacobs in Siegel & Kalmanowitz's great masterpiece "A Home for Mother". At the Goldberg & Jacobs Grand Theatre. Grand & Chrystie Streets. Back cover includes Yiddish words and Cast of Characters in English/Yiddish.

Just My Luck — דזשאָט מײַ לאָק

Author:
Jacobs, Jacob — זשאַקאָבס, זשאַקאָב
Author:
Lillian, Isadore — ליליאַן, איסאַדאָר
Composer:
Secunda, Sholom — סעקונדאַ, שלום
Genre:
Theater/Novelty/Humorous
Subject:
Bus/Accident/Fate/Ill Luck/Lawsuit/Seduction/Jealousy
Sheet music:
Folder:
444
Series:
4
Arranged for:
Voice/Piano
Texts:
Yiddish/Transliteration
Publisher:
Metro Music Co.
Publisher address:
64 Second Ave, New York, NY
Date:
1950
Provenance:
Schper-Rosenthal Sheet Music Collection, Gift of Faye & Jerry Rosenthal
Mel & Shrifra Gold Project, NYBC Catlg #:
212
First line:
S'iz gevezen farayorn, ikh bin af a ban geforn,
First line (Yiddish):
ס'איז געוועזען פֿאַר אַ יאָרן, איך בין אויף אַ בוס געפֿאָרן
Notes:
Cover: Title in English and Yiddish. From the musical comedy "Laugh and Be Happy", Libretto by Louis Freiman. Starring and Sung by the Celebrated Artist Leo Fuchs. Price 40 cents. Photo of Leo Fuchs. Photo inset of Sholom Secunda

Undzer Mishpokhe — אונדזער משפּחה

Author:
Jacobs, Jacob — זשאַקאָבס, זשאַקאָב
Composer:
Secunda, Sholom — סעקונדאַ, שלום
Genre:
Theater
Subject:
Pride/Rambam/Shpinoza/Brandeis/Cardozo/Rotshild/Warburg/…
Origin:
Moskow SM 39
Transliteration:
Moskow SM 39
Music:
Moskow SM 39
Additional song notes:
Our Family
Sheet music:
Folder:
607
Series:
4
Arranged for:
Voice/Piano
Texts:
Yiddish/Transliteration
Publisher:
Metro Music Co.
Publisher address:
64 Second Ave, New York, NY
Date:
1950
Provenance:
Schper-Rosenthal Sheet Music Collection, Gift of Faye & Jerry Rosenthal
Mel & Shrifra Gold Project, NYBC Catlg #:
346
First line:
Vayzt mir nokh aza mishpokhe vi s'farmogt yisroel,
First line (Yiddish):
ווײַזט מיר נאָך אַזאַ משפּחה ווי ס'פֿאַרמאָגט ישׂראל,
Notes:
Brown lettering, English/Yiddish. Photo inserts of Sholom Secunda, Jacob Jacobs, Aaron Lebedeff. As Successfully introduced by the celebrated artist Aaron Lebedeff. Price 40 cents. Two verses in Yiddish, inside front cover.
Folder:
39
Series:
1
Arranged for:
Voice/Piano
Texts:
Yiddish/Transliteration
Publisher:
Metro Music Co
Publisher address:
64 Second Ave, New York
Date:
1950
Provenance:
Gift of Barbara Moskow, March 2014
First line:
Vayst mir nokh aza mishpokhe, vi s'farmokt yisroel fun…
First line (Yiddish):
ווײַסט מיר נאָך אַזאַ משפּחה ווי ס'פֿאַרמאָגט ישׂראל, פֿוון גרויסע מענטשן איז
Notes:
Cover: Images of Sholom Secunda, Jacob Jacobs, Aaron Lebedeff, Price 60 cents

Zog Mir Shoyn Ven — זאָג מיא שוין ווען

Author:
Jacobs, Jacob — זשאַקאָבס, זשאַקאָב
Composer:
Olshanetsky, Alexander — אָלשאַנעצקי, אַלעקסאַנדער
Genre:
Theater
Subject:
Marriage/
Additional song notes:
From the operetta "Just Say When"
Sheet music:
Folder:
662
Series:
4
Arranged for:
Voice/Piano
Texts:
Yiddish/Transliteration
Publisher:
Metro Music Co.
Publisher address:
58 Second Ave, New York, NY
Date:
1935
Provenance:
Schper-Rosenthal Sheet Music Collection, Gift of Faye & Jerry Rosenthal
Mel & Shrifra Gold Project, NYBC Catlg #:
446
First line:
Du zogst mir ikh zol dir troyn, du vest far mir a tsukunft..
First line (Yiddish):
דו זאַגסט מיר איך זאָל דיר טרויען, דו וועסט פֿאַר מיר אַ צוקומפֿט בויען,
Notes:
English title "Just Say When" Photo inserts of Molly Picon, Alexnder Olshanetsky and Muni Serebrov (performer). From Alshanetsky's and Kalich's operetta "What Girls Do" Text of song and cast credits on back cover.

Yiddishe Meydlekh — ייִדישע מיידעך

Author:
Jacobs, Jacob — זשאַקאָבס, זשאַקאָב
Composer:
Lillian, Isadore — ליליאַן, איסאַדאָר
Genre:
Theater
Subject:
Beauty/Intelligence/Charm/Home/Wives
Additional song notes:
From the musical "A Jewish Romance"
Sheet music:
Folder:
688
Series:
4
Arranged for:
Voice/Piano
Texts:
Yiddish/Transliteration
Publisher:
L. Kalmus
Publisher address:
Brooklyn, NY
Date:
1933
Provenance:
Schper-Rosenthal Sheet Music Collection, Gift of Faye & Jerry Rosenthal
Mel & Shrifra Gold Project, NYBC Catlg #:
476
First line:
Ver hot di shenste eygelekh, ver hot di reynste naygelekh…
First line (Yiddish):
ווער האָט די שענסטע אייגעלעך, ווער האָט די ריינסטע נייגעלעך..
Notes:
Photos of Aaron Lebedeff, Lucy Levin and Sholom Secunda. From the Jewish romantic play, "A Jewish Romance". Also includes "Meydele Sheyns"

Meydele Sheyns — מיידעלע שיינס

Author:
Jacobs, Jacob — זשאַקאָבס, זשאַקאָב
Composer:
Secunda, Sholom — סעקונדאַ, שלום
Genre:
Theater
Subject:
Intermarriage/Warning/
Additional song notes:
From the musical "A Jewish Romance"
Sheet music:
Folder:
692
Series:
4
Arranged for:
Voice/Piano
Texts:
Yiddish/Transliteration
Publisher:
L. Kalmus
Publisher address:
Brooklyn, New York
Date:
1933
Provenance:
Schper-Rosenthal Sheet Music Collection, Gift of Faye & Jerry Rosenthal
Mel & Shrifra Gold Project, NYBC Catlg #:
476
First line:
Meydele sheyns, vu krikhstu, meydele kleyns, vos zikhstu?
First line (Yiddish):
מיידעל שיינס, וווּ קריכסטו, מיידעלע שיינס, וואָס קריכסטו?
Notes:
Brown letterirng, Yiddish/English. Photos of Aaron Lebedeff, Lucy Levin and Sholom Secunda. From the Jewish romantic play, "A Jewish Romance". Now playing at the Rolland Theatre, Eastern Parkway at St. John's Place, Brooklyn, NY. Includes "Yidishe Meydelekh"

Bay Mir Bistu Sheyn

Author:
Jacobs, Jacob — זשאַקאָבס, זשאַקאָב
Author:
Cahn, Sammy
Author:
Chapin, Harry
Composer:
Secunda, Sholom — סעקונדאַ, שלום
Genre:
Theatre/American/Pop/Swing
Subject:
Love/Beauty/Appearance
Origin:
GYF 40/Alb F-024(e)/Alb K-029(e)/Alb G-035(b)
Transliteration:
Estella 4/Alb K-007(a)/GYF 43/Alb K-059(d)/
Translation:
GYF 43/
Music:
Estalla 4/GYF 41/
Additional song notes:
English Version
Related information in folder 165:
Document type:
Article
Author:
Chana Mlotek
Publisher:
Yiddish Forward
Date:
7/9/2004
Comments:
1.7/9/2004 Article in the Yiddish Forverts of July 9, 2004 by Khana Mlotek titled "Leyner Betn Dos Lid 'Bay Mir Bistu Sheyn'" (Readers Requst the Song "Bay Mir Bistu Sheyn".) Article contains Yiddish text. 2. 4/17/2006 Translation of Yiddish text from the internet site "Zemerl" as of April 17, 2006
Sheet music:
Folder:
1192
Series:
4
Arranged for:
Clarinet
Texts:
Transliteration
Publisher:
J. & J. Kammen Music Co.
Date:
1959
Provenance:
Gendelman Gift
First line:
Bay mir bistu sheyn, bay mir hostu kheyn, bistu tayer vi di
First line (Yiddish):
בײַ מיר ביסטו שײן, בײַ מיר האַסטו חן, בײַ מיר ביסטו טײַער װי די..
Notes:
also with Yossel Yossel arranged for tenor sax damaged page

Recordings

On album:
F-019(b) (Bagels and Bongos/ Irving Fields Trio)
Track ID:
35284
Artist:
Irving Fields Trio
Arrangement:
Fields, Irving
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Style:
Instrumental/Latin
On album:
Z-010(m) (Paul Zim Sings Forever Yiddish 20 Yiddish "Golden Oldies")
Track ID:
18359
Artist:
Zim, Paul & Simcha Klezmer Band
Artist:
Barnes, Rolfe & M. Tornick, cond
Clarinet:
Pincus, Paul
First line:
Of all the girls that I've known, and I've known some,
First line:
װען דו זאָלסט זײַן שװאַרץ װי אַ טאָטער, װען דו האָסט אױגן ױי אַ...
Language:
English/Yiddish
On album:
K-063(a) (Kol Simcha Traditional Jewish Music)
Track ID:
18326
Artist:
Kol Simcha (Switzerland) קול שׂימחה (שװײץ)
Style:
Instrumental
On album:
B-060(a) (Baltimore Klezmer Orchestra)
Track ID:
19612
Artist:
Baltimore Klezmer Orch
Director:
Bussey, Aaron
Artist:
Wacks, Diane & Hannah Tobesmann
First line:
Bay mir bistu sheyn, bay mir hostu kheyn, bay mir bistu...
First line:
בײַ מיר ביסטו שײן, בײַ מיר האַסטו חן, בײַ מיר ביסטו טײַער װי די..
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
From the 1933 Yid Musical "I Would If I Could"
Language:
English/Yiddish
On album:
G-045(a) (Songs From "Go Fight City Hall" "Bay Mir Bistu Sheyn")
Track ID:
20365
Artist:
Chester, Allen & Doris Cohen
First line:
Bay mir bistu sheyn, bay mir hostu kheyn, bay mir bistu...
First line (Yiddish):
בײַ מיר ביסטו שײן, בײַ מיר האַסטו חן, בײַ מיר ביסטו טײַער װי די..
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
From "Bay Mir Bistu Sheyn"
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
G-059(a) (Gesang Un Tants Das 2. Festival des Jiddischen Liedes... — געזאַנג און טאַנץ)
Track ID:
20653
Artist:
Kempin, Daniel
First line:
Bay mikh bistu sheyn, bay mikh hostu kheyn, bay mikh bistu..
First line:
בײַ מיך ביסטו שײן, בײַ מיך האַסטו חן, בײַ מיך ביסטו טײַער װי די..
Track comment:
Recording made in Zurich
Language:
English/Yiddish
On album:
T-024(a) (Bei Mir Twist Du Schon The Temples)
Track ID:
20923
Artist:
Temples
Style:
Instrumental/Twist
On album:
J-022(b) (The Real Complete Jewish Party Collection Volume II / David & The High Spirit)
Track ID:
22102
Artist:
David & The High Spirit
First line:
Bay mir bistu sheyn, bay mir hostu kheyn, bist eyner bay...
First line (Yiddish):
בײַ מיר ביסטו שײן, בײַ מיר האַסטו חן, ביסט אײנער בײַ מיר אױף...
Track comment:
Part of Jewish Swings/ Az Der Rebe Zingt/ Di Rebe Elimelekh
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
J-022(c) (The Real Complete Jewish Party Collection / Volume III / David & The High Spirit)
Track ID:
22140
Artist:
David & The High Spirit
First line:
Bay mir bistu sheyn, bay mir hostu kheyn, bist eyner bay...
First line (Yiddish):
בײַ מיר ביסטו שײן, בײַ מיר האַסטו חן, ביסט אײנער בײַ מיר אױף...
Track comment:
Bay Mir Bistu Sheyn/ Az Der Rebe Zingt/ Der Rebe Elimeylekh
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
Y-020(a)2 (Byidish Ze Nishmma Yoteyr Tov 2(It Sounds Better In Yiddish) — בּאידיש זה נשמע יותר טוב 2)
Track ID:
22196
Artist:
Harele Bar — הראלה בר
First line:
Ikh vil dir zogn, gib glaykh tsuhern, az du vilst mir libe..
First line:
איך װיל דיר זאָגן, גיב גלײַך צוהערן,אַז דו װילסט מיר ליבע...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Hebrew commentary at song program at Habima Theatre
Language:
English/Yiddish
On album:
Y-004(b) (S'benkt Zikh Aheym Di Beste Lider Fun Di Beste Zingers — ס'בענקט זיך אַהײם די בעסטע לידער פֿון די בעסטע זינגערס)
Track ID:
21747
Vocal:
Shapiro, Yaacov — שאַפּיראָ, יעקבֿ
Artist:
Israel Philharmonic Orch, Strings & Bass
Conductor/Arranger:
Moskowitz, Martin — מוסקוביץ, מרטין
First line:
Bay mir bistu sheyn, bay mir hostu kheyn, bay mir bistu...
First line (Yiddish):
בײַ מיר ביסטו שײן, בײַ מיר האַסטו חן, בײַ מיר ביסטו טײַער װי די..
Track comment:
Tshiribim/ Tum Balalayke/ Di Grine Kuzine/ Sheyn Vi Di..
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
T-015(f) (Talila Chante Le Yiddish Papirossn)
Track ID:
21582
Arranger:
Mortarelli, Pierre
Artist:
Talila
Accordion/Piano/Arranger:
Schaff, Eddy
First line:
Ven du zolst zayn shvarts vi a toter, ven du halts oyf vi..
First line (Yiddish):
װען דו זאָלסט זײַן שװאַרץ װי אַ טאָטער, װען דו האַלטס אױף װי אַ...
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
Y-021(a)1 (Yiddish New York - Paris - Varsovie 1910-1940 - CD 1)
Track ID:
23748
Vocal:
Marjane, Leo
Language:
French
On album:
K-059(d) (Daniel Kempin/ Mazl Un Shlamazl — מזל און שלימזל)
Track ID:
22989
Artist:
Kempin, Daniel
First line:
Un ven du zolst zayn shvarts vi a toter, ven du host...
First line:
און װען דו זאָלסט זײַן שװאַרץ װי אַ טאָטער, װען דו האָסט אײגעלעך..
Language:
English/Yiddish
On album:
Y-022(a) (Yiddishe Cup Klezmer Band Klezmerized)
Track ID:
23790
Artist:
Yiddishe Cup Klezmer Band
Artist:
Weinberger, Irwin
First line:
Bay mir bistu sheyn, please let me explain,
Language:
English/Yiddish
On album:
N-020(a) (Honey Novick Rising Toward the Seraphim)
Track ID:
23807
Artist:
Novick, Honey
Artist:
Goldhamer, Brahm, piano
Artist:
Sacks, Richard M., percussion
First line:
Bay mir bistu sheyn, bay mir hostu kheyn, bist eyner bay...
First line (Yiddish):
בײַ מיר ביסטו שײן, בײַ מיר האַסטו חן, ביסט אײנער בײַ מיר אױף...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Recorded under "A Tribute To Sholem Secunda"
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
K-068(b) (Klezamir Cooks for Tante Barbara — קלעזאַמיר)
Track ID:
24037
Artist:
Klezamir
Vocal:
Bernard, Rhoda
First line:
Of all the boys that I've known, and I've known some,
First line:
בײַ מיר ביסטו שײן, בײַ מיר האָסטו חן, ביסט אײנע בײַ מיר אױף...
Language:
English/Yiddish
On album:
Z-011(e) (Talila Ben Zimet et Eddy Schaff Yiddish Cafe)
Track ID:
24773
Vocal:
Zimet, Ben
Vocal:
Talila
First line:
Ven du zolst zayn shvarts vi a toter, ven du halts oyf vi..
First line (Yiddish):
װען דו זאָלסט זײַן שװאַרץ װי אַ טאָטער, װען דו האַלטס אױף װי אַ...
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
G-063(a) (Boris Gammer The Jerusalem Jazz Band Songs My Father Played — בוריס גאמר ג'אז בנד ירושלים שירים שאבא ניגן דיקסי-פֿרײלעך)
Track ID:
24788
Artist:
Jerusalem Jazz Band — ג'אז בנד ירושלים
Style:
Instrumental
On album:
C-037(a) (Freylekh Zol Zayn! The Cincinnati Klezmer Project — פֿרײלעך זאָל זײַן)
Track ID:
24970
Artist:
Moss, Gina
Artist:
Cincinnati Klezmer Project
First line:
Bay mir bistu sheyn, please let me explain,
Track comment:
Oy Mama, Bin Ikh Farlibt/ Sheyn Vi Di Levone
Language:
English
On album:
Z-019(b) (Idish De Corazon Zoila — האַכום ייִדיש)
Track ID:
26217
Vocal:
Aguinsky, Zoila
First line:
Bay mir bistu sheyn, bay mir hostu kheyn, bay mir bistu...
First line (Yiddish):
בײַ מיר ביסטו שײן, בײַ מיר האַסטו חן, בײַ מיר ביסטו טײַער װי די..
Track comment:
Spanish translat with album - Para mi eres divina
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
Y-025(a) (Yiddish Theatre Ensemble Performance Tape)
Track ID:
25268
Artist:
Yiddish Theatre Ensemble
Artist:
Robboy, David/ Jennie Levinson
Artist:
Levine, Hilda-Price & Michael
First line:
Of all the boys that I've known, and I've known some,
First line (English):
בײַ מיר ביסטו שײן, בײַ מיר האָסטו חן, ביסט אײנע בײַ מיר אױף...
Track comment:
also Randy Stein and Barry Levine, piano
Language:
English
On album:
L-025(f) (Zwischen den Welten 10 Jahre MANFRED LEMM & ENSEMBLE)
Track ID:
25517
Artist:
Manfred Lemm Ensemble
Vocal:
Lemm, Manfred
Vocal:
Eckert, Achim
First line:
Bay mir bistu sheyn, bay mir hostu kheyn, bist eyner bay...
First line (Yiddish):
בײַ מיר ביסטו שײן, בײַ מיר האַסטו חן, ביסט אײנער בײַ מיר אוף...
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
G-048(f) (Gojim Tscholent Jiddische Lieder / Klezmer Musik)
Track ID:
25406
Artist:
Di Gojim (Austria) די גױעם (עסטרײַך)
First line:
Bay mir bistu sheyn, bay mir hostu kheyn, bay mir bistu...
First line (Yiddish):
בײַ מיר ביסטו שײן, בײַ מיר האַסטו חן, בײַ מיר ביסטו טײַער װי די..
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
N-023(b) (Nunu! Klezmo-Copter)
Track ID:
26074
Artist:
Nunu
Vocal:
Jakob, Willi
First line:
Bay mir bistu sheyn, bay mir hostu kheyn, bay mir bistu...
First line:
בײַ מיר ביסטו שײן, בײַ מיר האַסטו חן, בײַ מיר ביסטו טײַער װי די..
Language:
English/Yiddish
On album:
F-041(a) (Freilach Express Plays Klezmer Music / East Goes West)
Track ID:
26089
Artist:
Bohm, Tomas & Freilach Exp
First line:
Bay mir bistu sheyn, bay mir hostu kheyn, bist eyner bay...
First line (Yiddish):
בײַ מיר ביסטו שײן, בײַ מיר האַסטו חן, ביסט אײנער בײַ מיר...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
B-080(a) (Boiberiker Klezmorim — בױבעריקער קלעזמאָרים)
Track ID:
25653
Artist:
Boyberiker Kapelye — בױבעריק קאַפּעליע
Artist:
Mulder, Jaap
Artist:
Boiberiker Kapelye — בױבעריקער קאַפּעליע
Track comment:
Hava Nagila - - Part of Khasene Freylekhs
Style:
Instrumental
On album:
A-040(a) (Luce Amen / Remember Me / Farges Mikh Nit / Zakhor Oti — פֿאַרגעס מיך ניט \ זכר אותי)
Track ID:
25713
Artist:
Amen, Luce
First line:
Of all the boys that I've known, and I've known some,
First line:
בײַ מיר ביסטו שײן, בײַ מיר האָסטו חן, בײַ מיר ביסטו שענסטער...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
English/Yiddish
On album:
A-041(a) (Alosza Awdiejew W Repertuarze Zydowskim)
Track ID:
25751
Vocal:
Awdiejew, Alosza
First line:
Bay mir bistu sheyn, bay mir hostu kheyn, bay mir bistu...
First line (Yiddish):
בײַ מיר ביסטו שײן, בײַ מיר האַסטו חן, בײַ מיר ביסטו טײַער װי די..
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Sung with "German" accent. Arrangement reminiscent of Django Reinhardt
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
L-047(a) (L'Chaim Music of the Jewish People)
Track ID:
26521
Artist:
Tracy, Arthur (The Street Singer)
Artist:
Studion Orchestra
First line:
Bay mir bistu sheyn, please let me explain,
Track comment:
Recorded 1937
Language:
English
On album:
M-060(a)
Track ID:
26806
Artist:
Klezmerim [M-060(a)]
Track comment:
From the 1933 Yid Musical "I Would If I Could"
Style:
Instrumental
On album:
L-048(a) (Rainer Lemke / Yiddish Songs / Davke — דװקאַ)
Track ID:
26705
Artist:
Lemke, Rainer
First line:
Bay mir bistu sheyn, bay mir hostu kheyn, bay mir bistu...
First line (Yiddish):
בײַ מיר ביסטו שײן, בײַ מיר האַסטו חן, בײַ מיר ביסטו טײַער װי די..
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
K-086(a) (The 24th Street Klezmer! Band Bagels & Grits)
Track ID:
27237
Artist:
Johnson, Lisa & 24th St Klezmer
Artist:
Johnson, Lisa, dir
First line:
Bay mir bistu sheyn, please let me explain,
Language:
English
On album:
F-045(a)1 (From Avenue A To The Great White Way/ Yiddish & American Popular Songs/ Disk 1)
Track ID:
28533
Vocal:
Baker, Belle
Artist:
Gene Kardos Orchestra
First line:
Of all the boys I've known, and I've known some, until I first met you I was..
Track comment:
Originally recorded Dec 21, 1937, Brunswick 8042
Language:
English
Style:
Pop/Swing
On album:
W-031(a) (Mauro Wrona / The Best Of Yiddish Vaudeville)
Track ID:
27860
Vocal:
Wrono, Mauro — װראָנאָ, מאַוראָ
Artist:
Klezmer Brazil Band
Artist:
Klezmer Brazil Band
Piano:
Travossos, Tania Frankiel
Clarinet/Musical Direction:
Travossos, Alexandre Fracalanza
Violin:
Stein, Daniel
Acoustic Bass:
Dias, Neimar
Drums:
Marini, Ricardo
Trombone:
Moreira, Joao Paulo
Trumpet:
Jose de Melo, Luciano
Arranger:
Spielvogel, Erika
First line:
Bay mir bistu sheyn, bay mir hostu kheyn, bay mir bistu eyner oyf der velt,
First line (Yiddish):
בײַ מיר ביסטו שײן, בײַ מיר האַסטו חן, בײַ מיר ביסטו אײנער אױף...
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Theatre/Orchestral/Klezmer/Swing/Concert/Pop
Length:
001:37
On album:
C-041(a) (Mike Curtis Klezmer Quartet Street Song)
Track ID:
27691
Clarinet:
Curtis, Mike
Keyboards/Accordion:
Leslie, David
Electric Bass:
Scollard, Dan
Drums:
Storrs, Dave
Artist:
Curtis, Mike Klezmer Quartet
Arranger:
Curtis, Mike Klezmer Quartet
Style:
Instr/Contemporary/Jazz
Length:
5:24
On album:
C-041(a) (Mike Curtis Klezmer Quartet Street Song)
Track ID:
27692
Tarogato:
Curtis, Mike
Keyboards/Accordion:
Leslie, David
Electric Bass:
Scollard, Dan
Drums:
Storrs, Dave
Artist:
Curtis, Mike Klezmer Quartet
Arranger:
Curtis, Mike
Style:
Instr/Contemporary/Jazz
Length:
5:32
On album:
S-096(b) (Gregori Schechter's Klezmer Festival Band /Echoes of the Shtetl)
Track ID:
27976
Director/Clarinet/Saxaphone:
Schechter, Gregori
Artist:
Gregori Schechter Klezmer Festival Band
Saxophone/Clarinet/Flute:
Curtis, Stewart
Tuba:
Korn, Dovid
Trumpet, Flugelhorn:
Jayasinha, Paul
Keyboards:
Baron-Cohen, Erran
Guitar:
Gee, Ronnie
Drums:
Israeli, Eli
Drums:
Ferrao, Hans
Arranger:
Schechter, Gregori
Style:
Instrumental/Klezmer/Swing/Jazz
On album:
S-068(d) (Shirim / Oy! It's Good /The Art of Yiddish Song)
Track ID:
28199
Artist:
Shirim
Clarinet:
Dickson, Glenn
Trombone:
Harris, David
Piano/Accordion:
McLaughlin, Michael
Drums:
Rosenthal, Eric
Tuba:
Gray, Jim
Banjo:
Fitzpatrick, Pete
Vocal:
Silberman, Betty
First line:
Un nor du zolst zayn shvarts vi a toter, un host eygelekh vi a kuter, un ven..
First line:
און װען דו זאָלסט זײַן שװאַרץ װי אַ טאָטער, און האָסט אײגעלעך װי..
Language:
Yiddish/English
Style:
Swing/Jazz
Length:
004:26
On album:
G-057(c) (Funny It Doesn't Sound Jewish/ Compilation by Jack Gottlieb accompaning book with same title.)
Track ID:
31670
Artist:
Garland, Judy
First line:
Baym mir bistu sheyn, please let me explain
Language:
English
Style:
Pop/Cabaret/Orchestra Accompaniment
Length:
2:52
On album:
G-072(a) (Benny Goodman: Bay Mir Bistu Sheyn — בעני גוטמאַן: בײַ מיר ביסטו שײן)
Track ID:
30992
Clarinet:
Goodman, Benny
Piano:
Wilson, Teddy
Vibraphone:
Hampton, Lionel
Drums:
Krupa, Gene
Vocal:
Tilton, Martha
Trumpet:
Ellman, Ziggy
First line:
Bay mir bistu shayn, please let me explain, bay mir bistu shayn means that…
Track comment:
Recorded December 1937, commercial release sides "A" and "B"
Language:
Yiddish/English
Style:
Swing/Klezmer
On album:
G-072(a) (Benny Goodman: Bay Mir Bistu Sheyn — בעני גוטמאַן: בײַ מיר ביסטו שײן)
Track ID:
30993
First line:
Bay mir bistu shayn, please let me explain, bay mir bistu shayn means that…
Track comment:
Recorded 1938, arrangement for Carnegie Hall concert by Jimmy Mundy
Style:
Swing/Klezmer
On album:
K-035(d)1
Track ID:
32879
First line:
Bay mir bistu sheyn, please let me explain da in jazz,
Language:
English
Style:
Jazz/Klezmer
Length:
4:14
On album:
K-094(a) (Tsigayner Klezmer, Rolinha Kross Trio)
Track ID:
30986
Accordion/Midibass/Arrangement:
van Tol, Theo
Vocals/Arrangement:
Kross, Rolinha
Cimbalom/Arrangement:
Vink, Bokkie
Artist:
Rolinha Kross Trio
First line:
Ven du zolst zayn shvarts vi a toter, ven du host oygn vi bay a koter
First line (Yiddish):
װען דו זאָלסט זײַן שװאַרץ װי אַ טאָטער, װען דו האָסט אױגן װי בײַ אַ קאָטער
Track comment:
toter = Tatar, koter = tomcat
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert/Cabaret
On album:
P-038(a) (Pressburger Klezmer Band [LAJV])
Track ID:
32546
Arrangement:
Pressburger Klezmer Band — פּ ק בּ
Violin:
Werner, Andrej
Clarinet:
Lago, Miro
Viola:
Alexander, Daniel
Piano/Sampler:
Suska, Pavol
Zbor/Double Bass:
Alexander, Samo
Drums:
Oros, Martin
Vocal:
Ballova, Linda
First line:
Bay mir bistu sheyn, bay mir hostu kheyn,
First line:
בײַ מיר ביסטו שײן, בײַ מיר האַסטו חן,
Language:
English/Yiddish
Style:
Swing/Modern/Klezmer
Length:
7:22
On album:
052c (Andrews Sisters/ Bay Mir Bistu Sheyn/ Joseph! Joseph!)
Track ID:
30250
Artist:
Andrews Sisters
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
L-058(a) (Listen Up! A Capella - Jewphoria)
Track ID:
31113
Vocal Solo:
Singer, Rebecca
Vocal:
Mann, Moshe
Vocal/Arranger:
Mendelson, Michael
Vocal:
Singer, Steve
First line:
Bay mir bistu shayn, please let me explain, bay mir bistu shayn means that…
Language:
English
Style:
A Cappella/Jazz/Swing
On album:
R-048(a) (Romantic Jewish Songs / Nightclub Music)
Track ID:
28113
Soprano Sax/Tenor Sax:
Vratil, Ladislav
Violin/Viola:
Hudak, Zdenek
Piano, Keyboards:
Hindls, Richard
Keyboards, Programming:
Linhart, Radim
Arranger:
Linhart, Radim
Style:
Instrumental/Jazz/Pop
Length:
01:46
On album:
T-028(d)1 (Karsten Troyke / Live Klezmer Concert)
Track ID:
42530
Vocal:
Troyke, Karsten — טרױקע, קאַרסטען
Violin:
Dessiatnik, Gennadi
Accordion:
Khoryshman, Valeri
Contrabass:
Jach, Michael
First line:
Zolst mir libe derclaren, day vel ikh far dir libe shvern, ven du hingst oyf…
First line:
זאָלסט מיר ליבע דערקלערן דאַן וועל איך דיט ליבע שווערן, ווען דו הינגסט ציביסלעך
Language:
Yiddish/English
Style:
Concert/Jazz/Swing/Klezmer
Length:
5:14
On album:
R-042(c) (Vilde Mekhaye/Wild Ecstacy/Eleanor Reissa/Frank London/Klezmer Allstars)
Track ID:
42015
Vocal/Arranger:
Reissa, Eleanor
Trumpet:
London, Frank
Drums:
Alexander, Aaron
Tuba:
Caswell, Ron
Accordion:
Farrell, Patrick
Guitar:
Seabrook, Brandon
Clarinet:
Winograd, Michael — ווינאָגראַד, מ.
Guitar:
Drye, Brian
Artist:
Klezmer Brass Allstars
First line:
Ven du zolst zayn shvarts vi a toter, ven du host oygn vi a kuter, un ven du…
First line (Yiddish):
װען דו זאָלסט זײַן שװאַרץ װי אַ טאָאָטער, װען דו האָסט אױגן װי אַ קוטער,...
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Klezmer/Pop/Concert
Length:
2:53
On album:
Z-040(a) (Zing / Yiddish Song Project — זינג \ ייִדיש ליד פּרייִיעקט)
Track ID:
39790
First line:
Bay mir bistu sheyn, bay mir hostu kheyn, bay mir bistu...
First line (Yiddish):
בײַ מיר ביסטו שײן, בײַ מיר האָסטו חן, בײַ מיר ביסטו טײַער װי די..
Language:
Yiddish
Length:
5:37
On album:
B-114(b)3 (Dan Blacksberg/ Eleanor Reissa/ Freedman Fifteenth Anniversary Concert/Highlights)
Track ID:
41599
Artist:
Dan Blacksberg Modern Yiddish Ensemble
Vocal:
Reissa, Eleanor
First line:
Ven du zolst zayn shvarts vi a toter, ven du host oygn vi..
First line (Yiddish):
װען דו זאָלסט זײַן שװאַרץ װי אַ טאָטער, װען דו האָסט אױגן װי אַ...
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Klezmer/Pop/Concert
Length:
8:00
On album:
C-071(a) (Mazl Tov Mis Amigos / Juan Calle and His Latin Lantzman/ Yiddish Favorites In Latin Tempos)
Track ID:
42381
Vocal:
Powell, Ed
Trumpet:
Cheatham, Doc
Trumpet:
Oles, Lou
Trumpet:
Terry, Clark
Timbals:
Rodriguez, Willie
Piano:
Palmieri, Charles
Lute/Arranger:
Cali, John
Conga/Bongos:
Barretto, Ray
Conductor, Latin Lantzman:
Calle, Juan
Clarinet/Bass Clarinet/Flute:
Russell, Shelly
Bass:
Marshall, Wendell
First line:
Bay mir bistu sheyn, bay mir hostu kheyn, bay mir bistu eyner oyf der velt,…
First line (Yiddish):
בײַ מיר ביסטו שײן, בײַ מיר האַסטו חן, בײַ מיר ביסטו טײַערע אױף דער וועלט...
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Klezmer/Concert/Pop/Latin/Dance/Merengue
Length:
2:41
On album:
V0445 (Drexel Mediterranean Ensemble: Bruce Kaminsky, conductor (Video))
Track ID:
42309
Keyboard:
Posmontier, Dave
Clarinet:
Ulancy, Ken
Vocal:
DeLuca, Rosina
Vocal:
Wright, Janet
Artist:
Mediterranean Ensemble
Conductor:
Kaminsky, Bruce
First line:
Of all the boys that I've known, and I've known some,…
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
English
Style:
Klezmer/Swing/Concert/Duet
Length:
3:15
On album:
D-041(a) (Lillian Davis: Yiddish Songs)
Track ID:
42413
First line:
Bay mir bistu sheyn, bay mir hostu kheyn, bay mir bistu eyner oyf der velt,…
First line (Yiddish):
בײַ מיר ביסטו שײן, בײַ מיר האַסטו חן, בײַ מיר ביסטו טײַערע אױף דער וועלט...
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Folk/Acapella
Length:
0:47
On album:
B-209(a) (Anatholy Bonder/Gevolt AlefBase)
Track ID:
42172
Vocal/Arranger:
Bonder, Anatholy
Synthesizers:
Lifshitz, Dmitry
Violins:
Iframov, Eva
Guitars:
Gimmervert, Michael
Bass Guitars:
Lekhovitser, Mark
Drums:
Weinstein, Vadim
Arranger:
Gevolt
First line:
Ven du zolst zayn shvarts vi a toter, ven du host oygn vi..
First line (Yiddish):
װען דו זאָלסט זײַן שװאַרץ װי אַ טאָטער, װען דו האָסט אױגן װי אַ...
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Klezmer/Hard Rock/Concert/Heavy Metal
Length:
4:30
On album:
P-038(e) (Andre Ochodio & Pressburger Klezmer Band/ Shalom)
Track ID:
43068
Double Bass:
Alexander, Samo
Accordion:
Jovic-Werner, Snezana
Vocal:
Ochodlo, Andre
Percussion Instruments:
Oros, Martin
Artist:
Pressburger Klezmer Band — פּ ק בּ
Piano:
Suska, Pavol
Clarinet:
Tago, Miro
Fiddle:
Werner, Andrej
Double Bass/Music Supervisor:
Zuchowski, Adam
First line:
Ven du zolst zayn shvarts vi a toter, ven dos oygn vi a koter, un zenen…zogt ikh…un ven du host a narishn seykhl, un ven
First line (Yiddish):
ווען דו זאָלסט זײַן שווערץ ווי אַ טאָטער, ווען דאָס אויגן ווי בײַ אַ קאָטער, און זענען...זאָגט איך...און ווען דו האָסט....
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert/Klezmer/Swing
Length:
3:25
On album:
S-022(c) (The 18 Pearls of Yiddish Songs Yaacov Shapiro — די 18 פּירל פֿון ייִדישן ליד יעקב שפּירו)
Track ID:
2045
Vocal:
Shapiro, Yaacov — שאַפּיראָ, יעקבֿ
Artist:
Israel Philharmonic Orch, Strings & Bass
Conductor/Arranger:
Moskowitz, Martin — מוסקוביץ, מרטין
First line:
Bay mir bistu sheyn, bay mir hostu kheyn, bay mir bistu...
First line (Yiddish):
בײַ מיר ביסטו שײן, בײַ מיר האַסטו חן, בײַ מיר ביסטו טײַער װי די..
Track comment:
Tshiribim/ Tum Balalayke/ Di Grine Kuzine/ Sheyn Vi Di..
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
T-021(a) (Jewish Songs Sung By Golda Tenser The Small Town of Belz.. — דאָס שטעטעלע בעלז... ייִדישע לידער געזונגען דורך גאָלדע טענצער)
Track ID:
2047
Vocal:
Tentser, Golda — טענצער, גאָלדאַ
Conductor:
Baiazheieur, P. — באַיאַדזשעיעור, פּ.
Arranger:
Dobzhansky, M. — דאָבזשאַנסקי, מ.
Arranger:
Kozlowski, Leopold — קאָזלאָװסקי, ל.
First line:
Ven du zolst zayn shvarts vi a toter, ven du halts oyf vi..
First line (Yiddish):
װען דו זאָלסט זײַן שװאַרץ װי אַ טאָטער, װען דו האַלטס אױף װי אַ...
Track comment:
Recording made in Poland
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
A-009(a) (Jewish Folk Songs Joey Adams - Sholom Secunda with Guests)
Track ID:
2048
Conductor:
Secunda, Sholom — סעקונדאַ, שלום
Vocal:
Adams, Joey
First line:
Bay mir bistu sheyn, bay mir hostu kheyn, bay mir bistu...
First line (Yiddish):
בײַ מיר ביסטו שײן, בײַ מיר האַסטו חן, בײַ מיר ביסטו טײַער װי די..
Track comment:
Medley, Mayn Yidishe Meydele, Tshirbim
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
B-028(b) (Our Way (Tahka - Tahka) The Barry Sisters)
Track ID:
2049
Vocal:
Barry Sisters — שװעסטער באַרי
Artist:
Graff, Jerry, voc arr & orch cond
Artist:
Tyler, Jim, orchestrations
First line:
Kh'vil dir zogn, ikh glaykh tsuhern, az du zolst mir libe..
First line (Yiddish):
כ'װיל דיר זאָגן, איך גלײַך צוהערן,אַז דו זאָלסט מיר ליבע ערקלערן
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
F-009(a) (Leo Fuchs in Bei Mir Bistu Shoen Original Cast Album)
Track ID:
2050
Conductor:
Secunda, Sholom — סעקונדאַ, שלום
Vocal:
Fuchs, Leo — פֿוקס, לעאָ
Vocal:
Kressyn, Miriam — קרעסן, מיריאַם
First line:
Bay mir bistu sheyn, bay mir hostu kheyn, bay mir bistu...
First line (Yiddish):
בײַ מיר ביסטו שײן, בײַ מיר האַסטו חן, בײַ מיר ביסטו טײַער װי די..
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
From Musical "Bay Mir Bistu Sheyn" ? ("I Would If I Could"
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
P-004(d) (Molly Picon WEVD Memorial Program Henry Sapoznik, Narrator)
Track ID:
2051
Vocal:
Rechtzeit, Seymour — רעכצײַט, סימאָר
Narrator:
Sapoznik, Henry — סאַפּאָזניק, הענעך
First line:
Bay mir bistu sheyn, bay mir hostu kheyn, bay mir bistu...
First line (Yiddish):
בײַ מיר ביסטו שײן, בײַ מיר האַסטו חן, בײַ מיר ביסטו טײַער װי די..
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
with Eng version- "In Mayne Oygn Bistu Sheyn" with M. Picon
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
F-024(e) (David Fisher My Mother's Language 22 Songs Mamma L'shon — דודו פישר מאַמע לשון שפת אימי מיטב השירים ביידיש)
Track ID:
2052
Vocal:
Fisher, Dovid (Dudu) פֿישער, דוד (דודו)
Arranger:
Weiss, Roni — וייס, רוני,
First line:
Bay mir bistu sheyn, bay mir hostu kheyn, bay mir bistu...
First line (Yiddish):
בײַ מיר ביסטו שײן, בײַ מיר האַסטו חן, בײַ מיר ביסטו טײַער װי די..
Track comment:
Medley with Tshiribim/ Sheyn Vi Di Levone
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
M-034(a) (The Mazeltones ODESSA, Washington)
Track ID:
2053
Artist:
Mazeltones
Vocal:
Marcus, Wendy
First line:
Of all the boys that I've known, and I've known some,
First line (English):
בײַ מיר ביסטו שײן, בײַ מיר האָסטו חן, ביסט אײנע בײַ מיר אױף...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
English
On album:
K-035(a) (The Original Klezmer Jazz Band)
Track ID:
2054
Artist:
Original Klezmer Jazz Band
Arranger/Piano/Musical Direction/Vocal:
Sokolow, Pete — סוקולוב, פּסח
Banjo/Guitar:
Sapoznik, Henry — סאַפּאָזניק, הענעך
Trumpet:
Gross, Ken
Clarinet/Alto Sax:
Chernet, Joel
Bass:
Abruzzo, Tom
Trombone:
Bragin, Ted
Drums:
Salzberg, Si
First line:
Bay mir bistu sheyn, please let me explain da in jazz,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
English
Style:
Jazz/Klezmer
Length:
4:14
On album:
K-029(e) (The Klezmer Conservatory Band A Jumpin' Night...)
Track ID:
2055
Artist:
Klezmer Conservatory Band
Vocal:
Bressler, Judy
First line:
Of all the boys that I've known, and I've known some,
First line (English):
בײַ מיר ביסטו שײן, בײַ מיר האָסטו חן, ביסט אײנע בײַ מיר אױף...
Language:
English
On album:
S-019(a) (Yiddish American Sing-A-Long Solomon Schwartz Orchestra)
Track ID:
2056
Artist:
Schwartz, Solomon and his Orch
Artist:
Fisher, Emmanuel Singers
First line:
Of all the girls that I've known, and I've known some,
First line (English):
בײַ מיר ביסטו שײן, בײַ מיר האָסטו חן, ביסט אײנע בײַ מיר אױף...
Language:
English
On album:
S-035(a) (The Ed Sullivan Singers and Orchestra Sunrise Sunset)
Track ID:
2057
Artist:
Sullivan, Ed Singers and Orchestra
Conductor:
Macero, Ted
Arranger:
Vincent, Warren
First line:
Of all the boys that I've known, and I've known some,
Language:
English
Style:
Jazz
On album:
G-013(d)5 (Song of the Golden Land Lectures 09 and 10)
Track ID:
2058
Artist:
Andrews Sister
Narration:
Katzman, Dr. Jacob
First line:
Bay mir bistu sheyn, please let me explain,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Lecture 10, Song of the Golden Land, Simkhas
Language:
English
On album:
A-014(a) (The Andrews Sisters The Fabulous Century 1930-40)
Track ID:
2059
Vocal:
Andrew Sisters
First line:
Of all the boys that I've known, and I've known some,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Classic version
Language:
English
On album:
S-047(a) (Shalom Music of the Jewish People)
Track ID:
2060
Artist:
Goodman, Benny Quartet
Vocal:
Tilton, Martha
First line:
Bay mir bistu sheyn, please let me explain,
Language:
English
On album:
A-033(a) (The Austin Klezmorim Texas Klez)
Track ID:
2061
Artist:
Austin Klezmorim
First line:
Of all the boys that I've known, and I've known some,
First line (English):
בײַ מיר ביסטו שײן, בײַ מיר האָסטו חן, ביסט אײנע בײַ מיר אױף...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
English
On album:
F-022(b) (Yiddish Maestro Please The Feder Sisters)
Track ID:
2062
Vocal:
Feder Sisters — פֿעדער שװעסטער
Artist:
Ellstein, Abe — עלשטײַן, אײב
Artist:
Sloan, Mimi
Artist:
Feder, Sylvia — פֿעדער, סילװיע
First line:
Bay mir bistu sheyn, bay mir hostu kheyn, bay mir bistu...
First line:
בײַ מיר ביסטו שײן, בײַ מיר האַסטו חן, בײַ מיר ביסטו טײַער װי די..
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Of all the boys I've known and I've known some,
Language:
English/Yiddish
On album:
H-022(a) (More Than Chicken Soup Featuring Hasha Musha)
Track ID:
2063
Artist:
Hasha Musha
First line:
Of all the boys that I've known, and I've known some,
First line:
בײַ מיר ביסטו שײן, בײַ מיר האָסטו חן, ביסט אײנע בײַ מיר אױף...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Medley with "Sheyn Vi Di Levone"
Language:
English/Yiddish
On album:
B-014(a) (Wenn Die Jidden Lachen Belina Jens Brenke)
Track ID:
2064
Vocal:
Belina and Jens Brenke
First line:
Oy, bay mir bistu sheyn, please let me explain,
First line:
בײַ מיר ביסטו שײן, בײַ מיר האָסטו חן,
Track comment:
Recording made in Germany
Language:
English/Yiddish
On album:
L-034(a) (Dayne Oygn Francois Lilienfed und "Galizianer" — דײַנע אױגן)
Track ID:
2065
Vocal:
Lilienfeld, Francois
Artist:
Galitsianer
First line:
Of all the boys that I've known, and I've known some,
First line:
בײַ מיר ביסטו שײן, בײַ מיר האָסטו חן, ביסט אײנע בײַ מיר אױף...
Language:
English/Yiddish
On album:
L-034(b) (Simkhes Un Tsures Francois Lilienfeld /Ensemble Galitsianer — שׂמחות און צרות)
Track ID:
2066
Vocal/Arranger:
Lilienfeld, Francois
Artist:
Galitsianer
First line:
Bay mir bistu sheyn, bay mir hostu kheyn, bay mir bistu...
First line:
בײַ מיר ביסטו שײן, בײַ מיר האַסטו חן, בײַ מיר ביסטו טײַער װי די..
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Of all the boys I've known and I've known some,
Language:
English/Yiddish
On album:
O-007(a) (The Old World Folk Band II Dancing In The Aisles — קלעזמער)
Track ID:
2067
Vocal:
Leviton, Susan
Artist:
Old World Folk Band
First line:
בײַ מיר ביסטו שײן, בײַ מיר האָסטו חן, ביסט אײנע בײַ מיר אױף...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
English/Yiddish
On album:
F-024(c) (Childhood Years Yiddish Soul Music David Fisher — שנות ילדות שירי נשמה אידיים דודו פישר)
Track ID:
2068
Hebrew Adaptation:
Koren, Avi — קורן, אבי
Vocal:
Fisher, Dovid (Dudu) פֿישער, דוד (דודו)
First line:
Yafe beynai, akhat bekayai, akhat vikhida at beolam.
First line (Hebrew):
יפה בּעיני, אחת בּחיי, אחת ויחידה אתּ בּעוֹלם.
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Medley with "Tshiribim" and "Sheyn Vi Di Levone" - Heb
Language:
Hebrew
On album:
I-004(f) (Jewish Rhapsodies For Those In Love The Israeli Strings)
Track ID:
2069
Artist:
Israeli Strings
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Style:
Instrumental
On album:
J-009(a) (Soul of a People Arranged and Conducted by Gordon Jenkins)
Track ID:
2070
Artist:
Gordon Jenkins Orchestra
Arranger/Conductor:
Jenkins, Gordon
Style:
Instrumental
On album:
M-012(a) (Mazel Tov CBS Israel Dance Orchestra Conducted by Alex Weiss — מזל טובֿ! תזמורת סי בּי אס ישׂראל המנצח: אלכּס ווייס)
Track ID:
2071
Artist:
CBS Israel Dance Orchestra — תזמורת סי בּי אס ישׂראל
Conductor:
Weiss, Alex — וויס, אלעקס,
First line:
Bay mir bistu sheyn, bay mir hostu kheyn, bay mir bistu...
First line:
בײַ מיר ביסטו שײן, בײַ מיר האַסטו חן, בײַ מיר ביסטו טײַער װי די..
Track comment:
Part of medley in "Shuffle" style.
Style:
Instrumental
On album:
R-028(a) (Paul Rothman & His Orchestra present A Taste of Israel)
Track ID:
2072
Artist:
Paul Rothman Orchestra
Conductor Orchestra:
Rothman, Paul
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Style:
Instrumental/Funky
On album:
S-011(b) (Traditional Jewish Melodies Orch & Chr of Benedict Silberman)
Track ID:
2073
Artist:
Silberman, Benedict, Orch & Chorus
Arranger/Conductor:
Silberman, Benedict
Style:
Instrumental
On album:
S-027(b) (An Evening With Jacob Sandler — אײן אָװענט מיט יעקבֿ סאַנדלער)
Track ID:
2074
Artist:
Sandler, Jacob — סאַנדלער, יעקבֿ
Artist:
Negreanu, Mani, arr and cond a — נעגריאַנו, מאַני, אַראַנ און דיריגענט
Style:
Instrumental
On album:
H-023(a) (The Hester Street Troupe Generation To Generation)
Track ID:
2075
Artist:
Hester Street Troupe
Track comment:
Medley with Eyshes Khayil and Yosl Yosl
Style:
Instrumental
On album:
Z-016(b) (Nigunim Of Gold Israel Zohar — ניגונים של זהב ישׂראל זוהר)
Track ID:
2076
Clarinet:
Zohar, Israel — זוהר, ישׂראל
Track comment:
From the 1933 Yid Musical "I Would If I Could"
Style:
Instrumental
On album:
B-028(i) (The Barry Sisters)
Track ID:
2080
Vocal:
Barry Sisters — שװעסטער באַרי
First line:
Ven du zolst zayn shvarts vi a toter, ven du host oygn vi..
First line:
װען דו זאָלסט זײַן שװאַרץ װי אַ טאָטער, װען דו האָסט אױגן װי אַ...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
English/Yiddish
On album:
T-023(a) (Those Were The Days)
Track ID:
2081
Vocal:
Reissa, Eleanor
Artist:
Mlotek, Zalmen — מלאָטעק, זלמן, (1951)
Accomp:
Golden Land Klezmer Orchestra
Vocal:
Adler, Bruce
Vocal:
Wilner, Lori
First line:
Ven du zolst zayn shvarts vi a toter, ven du host…
First line:
װען דו זאָלסט זײַן שװאַרץ װי אַ טאָטער, װען דו האָסט אײגעלעך װי..
Track comment:
From "Those Were The Days"
Language:
English/Yiddish
On album:
M-044(a) (Machaya Klezmer Band)
Track ID:
2082
Vocal:
Enoch, Frieda
Artist:
Machaya Klezmer Band
Artist:
McCrensky, Jay, dir
First line:
Bay mir bistu sheyn, bay mir hostu kheyn, bay mir bistu...
First line:
בײַ מיר ביסטו שײן, בײַ מיר האַסטו חן, בײַ מיר ביסטו טײַער װי די..
Track comment:
Modern Klezmer & Jazz Arrangement
Language:
English/Yiddish
On album:
K-059(a) (Daniel Kempin Yiddish Songs)
Track ID:
2083
Artist:
Kempin, Daniel
First line:
Bay mikh bistu sheyn, bay mikh hostu kheyn, bay mikh bistu..
First line:
בײַ מיך ביסטו שײן, בײַ מיך האַסטו חן, בײַ מיך ביסטו טײַער װי די..
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
English/Yiddish
On album:
F-009(a) (Leo Fuchs in Bei Mir Bistu Shoen Original Cast Album)
Track ID:
2085
Conductor:
Secunda, Sholom — סעקונדאַ, שלום
Artist:
Bay Mir Bistu Sheyn Orchestra — בײַ מיר ביסטו שײן אָרקעסטער
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Style:
Instrumental
On album:
A-022(a) (Aleph Duo A to Z in Jewish Music)
Track ID:
2038
Artist:
Aleph Duo
Vocal:
Albrecht, Avraham — אלבריט, אַבֿרהם
Artist:
Moshiakh, Ilan, music dir & cond
Vocal:
Avsholom, Zfira
First line:
Bay mir bistu sheyn, bay mir hostu kheyn, bay mir bistu...
First line (Yiddish):
בײַ מיר ביסטו שײן, בײַ מיר האַסטו חן, בײַ מיר ביסטו טײַער װי די..
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Tshiribim/ Yome Yome/ Bay Mir Bistu Sheyn/ Sheyn Vi Di...
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
K-007(a) (Sing-Along IN Yiddish with Marv Kurz — זינגט מיט מיר אין ייִדיש)
Track ID:
2039
Artist:
Kurz, Marv
First line:
Bay mir bistu sheyn, bay mir hostu kheyn, Bist eyne bay...
First line (Yiddish):
בײַ מיר ביסטו שײן, בײַ מיר האָסטו חן, ביסט אײנע בײַ מיר אױף...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Trasnliteration of chorus with album notes.
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
F-024(b) (Golden Yiddish Favorites 20 Songs David Fisher — גולדענע לידער 20 לידער די בעסטע ייִדישע לידער דודו פישר)
Track ID:
2040
Vocal:
Fisher, Dovid (Dudu) פֿישער, דוד (דודו)
First line:
Ikh vil dir zogn, gib glaykh tsuhern, az du vilst mir libe..
First line (Yiddish):
איך װיל דיר זאָגן, גיב גלײַך צוהערן,אַז דו װילסט מיר ליבע...
Track comment:
Medley with "Tshiribim" and "Sheyn Vi Di Levone"
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
K-017(a) (Music for a Jewish Wedding Lenny Kaye and His Orchestra)
Track ID:
2041
Artist:
Kaye, Lenny and his Orchestra
Vocal:
Reid, Florence
First line:
Bay mir bistu sheyn, bay mir hostu kheyn, bist eyner bay...
First line (Yiddish):
בײַ מיר ביסטו שײן, בײַ מיר האַסטו חן, ביסט אײנער בײַ מיר אױף...
Track comment:
Medley with Sheyn Vi Di Levone and Mayn Shtetele Belz
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Pop
On album:
M-032(a) (Maxwell Street Days Maxwell St. Klezmer Band)
Track ID:
2042
Artist:
Maxwell St. Klezmer Band
First line:
Bay mir bistu sheyn, bay mir hostu kheyn, Bist eyne bay...
First line (Yiddish):
בײַ מיר ביסטו שײן, בײַ מיר האָסטו חן, ביסט אײנע בײַ מיר אױף...
Track comment:
Medley with Yosl, Yosl and Sherele
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
D-017(b) (Dany Delmin 19 chansons "yiddish" eternelles — דאַני דעלמאַן 19 אײביקע ייִדיש לידער)
Track ID:
2043
Artist:
Delmin, Dany, Orchestra & Chorus — דעלמין, דאַני, אָרקעסטער און כאָב
Conductor:
Delmin, Dany, conductor — דעלמין, דאַני, דיריגענט
First line:
Bay mir bistu sheyn, bay mir hostu kheyn, bay mir bistu...
First line (Yiddish):
בײַ מיר ביסטו שײן, בײַ מיר האַסטו חן, בײַ מיר ביסטו טײַער װי די..
Track comment:
Recording made in France.
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
J-016(a) (Shalom America Jackie Jacob Sings)
Track ID:
2044
Vocal:
Jacobs, Jackie
First line:
Bay mir bistu sheyn, bay mir hostu kheyn, bay mir bistu...
First line (Yiddish):
בײַ מיר ביסטו שײן, בײַ מיר האַסטו חן, בײַ מיר ביסטו טײַער װי די..
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
T-019(a) (Tamara Songs of a Soviet Jewess)
Track ID:
2357
Artist:
Tamara
Piano:
Shalit, Vladimir
First line:
Ven du zolst zayn shvarts vi a toter, ven du halts oyf vi..
First line (English):
װען דו זאָלסט זײַן שװאַרץ װי אַ טאָטער, װען דו האַלטס אױף װי אַץ..
Track comment:
Medley with Ikh Hob Dikh Tsu Fil Lib and Grine Kuzine
Language:
English
On album:
R-016(g) (A..Caravan..Stars Featuring Seymour Rechtzeit & Molly Picon)
Track ID:
23641
Vocal:
Rechtzeit, Seymour — רעכצײַט, סימאָר
Artist:
Ellstein, Abe — עלשטײַן, אײב
First line:
Bay mir bistu sheyn, bay mir hostu kheyn, bay mir bistu...
Track comment:
with "In Mayne Oygn Bistu Sheyn - Eng & Yid
Language:
Yiddish

Shpil Klezmer Shpil (Warshauer) — שפּיל קלעזמער שפּיל (וואַרשאַווער)

Author:
Jacobs, Jacob — זשאַקאָבס, זשאַקאָב
Author:
Lillian, Isadore — ליליאַן, איסאַדאָר
Author:
Warschauer, Jeff
Genre:
Theatre/Klezmer
Subject:
Klezmer/Fiddle/Memory/Imagination/Melody/Passion
Translation:
Alb G-040(a)
Additional song notes:
Adapted for Rosalie Gerut and Friends by Jeff Warshaver

Recording

On album:
G-040(a) (Rosalie Gerut & Friends We Are Here)
Track ID:
14188
Vocal:
Gerut, Rosalie & Friends
Adaptation:
Warschauer, Jeff
First line:
Ven ikh her a fidl shpil, shtel ikh for far zikh a bild,
First line (Yiddish):
װען איך הער אַ פֿידל שפּיל, שטעל איך פֿאָר פֿאַר זיך אַ בילד,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish

Bay Mir Bistu Sheyn (Video) — בײַ מיר ביסטו שײן (ייִדיש (ווידיאָ)

Author:
Jacobs, Jacob — זשאַקאָבס, זשאַקאָב
Composer:
Rumshinsky, Yosef — רומשינסקי, יאָסף
Genre:
Theatre/American/Pop/Swing
Subject:
Love/Beauty/Appearance
Origin:
GYF 40/Alb F-024(e)/Alb K-029(e)/Alb G-035(b)
Transliteration:
Estella 4/Alb K-007(a)/GYF 43/Alb K-059(d)/
Translation:
GYF 43/
Music:
Estalla 4/GYF 41/
Additional song notes:
English Version by Cahn and Chaplin

Recording

On album:
V0040
Track ID:
34166
Vocal:
Burstein, Mike — בורשטײַן, מײַק
Piano/Musical Director:
Mlotek, Zalmen — מלאָטעק, זלמן, (1951)
Vocal:
Reissa, Eleanor
Vocal:
Alpert, Michael — אַלפּערט, מישקע
Vocal:
Kaufman, Ibi
First line:
Ven du zolst zayn shvarts vi a toter, ven du host…
First line (Yiddish):
װען דו זאָלסט זײַן שװאַרץ װי אַ טאָטער, װען דו האָסט אײגעלעך װי..
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Pop

Not Entered

Author:
Smulewitz, Solomon — שמוליװטש, שלמה
Author:
S. Ansky — ש. אַנסקי
Author:
Korn (Rakhl), Rachel — קאָרן, רחל
Author:
Gilrod, Louis — גילראָד, לאָויס
Author:
Sholom Aleichem — שלום עליכם
Author:
Berman, Henry — בערמאַן, חיים
Author:
Tauber, Chaim Shmuel (Shami) טױבער, חיים שמואל (שמאי)
Author:
Shargel, Jacob Joseph — שאַרגעל, ינקבֿ יוסף
Author:
Halpern, Moyshe Leyb — האַלפּערן, משה לײב
Author:
Bertal-Maubon
Author:
Ronn, E.
Author:
Berman, Henry — בערמאַן, חיים
Author:
Gelbart, Mikhl — געלבאַרט, מיכל
Author:
Golub, Solomon — גאָלוב, סאָלאָמאָן
Author:
Gilrod, Louis — גילראָד, לאָויס
Author:
Leivick, Halper — לײװיק, האַלפּער
Author:
Oysher, Moyshe — אױשער, משה
Author:
Jacobs, Jacob — זשאַקאָבס, זשאַקאָב
Author:
Jacobs, Jacob — זשאַקאָבס, זשאַקאָב
Author:
Manger, Itzik — מאַנגער, איציק
Author:
Schaechter-Gottesman, Beyle — שעכטער־גאָטעסמאַן, בײלע
Author:
Margolin, Anna — מאַרגאָלין, אַנאַ
Author:
Alkabetz, Rabbi Solomon — אלקבּץ, ר" שלמה
Author:
Glatshteyn, Yakov — גלאַטשטײַן, יעקבֿ,
Author:
Manger, Itzik — מאַנגער, איציק
Author:
Manger, Itzik — מאַנגער, איציק
Author:
Frug, Shimon Shmuel — פֿרוג, שמעון שמואל
Author:
Klezmer Klub

Der Dales/Nikodem — דער דלות

Author:
Jacobs, Jacob — זשאַקאָבס, זשאַקאָב
Composer:
Olshanetsky, Alexander — אָלשאַנעצקי, אַלעקסאַנדער
Genre:
Cabaret/Polish/Concert
Subject:
Poverty/Troubles/Crisis/
Origin:
Ephemera 1165 (Polish)
Transliteration:
Ephemera 1165
Translation:
Ephemera 1165
Additional song notes:
Mr Poverty Inadition to the Yiddish version of the song, "Nikodem" is the Polish version. Peppler conjectures that Jacob Jacobs was the lyricist. Henryk Wars is credited on the Polish sheet music with Ludwig Starski as lyricist.

Recordings

On album:
W-002(g) (Benzion Witler)
Track ID:
3093
Artist:
Witler, Ben Tsion — װיטלער, בּן ציון
First line:
Men meynt (?) nisht vayt, s'iz a shlekhte tsayt,
First line (Yiddish):
מען מײט נישט װײַט, ס'איז אַ שלעכטע זײַט, ס'איז אַ קריזעס אױף...
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
P-068(b) (Jane Peppler/ Cabaret Warsaw/ Yiddish & Polish Hits of the 1920s-1930s/Performed by Mappamundi)
Track ID:
36860
Artist:
Mappamundi
Piano:
Enoch, Aviva
Bass:
Vasile, Bob
Vocal/Fiddle/Concertina/Piano:
Peppler, Jane
Violin:
Holmgren, Beth
Guitar/Clarinet/Bouzouki/Bowed Dulcimer:
Bloom, Ken
Bass:
Baird, Jim
First line:
Me veynt un shrayt, "ts'iz a shlekhte tsayt, ts'iz a krizes mit der velt!"
First line (Yiddish):
מע וויינט און שרײַט,,צ'איז אַ שלעכטע צײַט, צ'איז אַ קריזעס אויף דער וועלט!"...
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Cabaret/Polish/Concert
Length:
2:52

Oy Vey Me Shoklt Zikh — אוי וויי מע שאָקלט זיך

Author:
Jacobs, Jacob — זשאַקאָבס, זשאַקאָב
Composer:
Rumshinsky, Yosef — רומשינסקי, יאָסף
Genre:
Theater/NoveltyBawdy/Humorous
Subject:
Swaying/Praying/Couples/Honeymoon/Ship
Transliteration:
Ephemera 1284
Translation:
Ephemera 1284
Music:
Ephemera 1284
Additional song notes:
Alas, they're Swaying
Sheet music:
Folder:
1287
Series:
4
Arranged for:
Voice/Piano
Texts:
Yiddish/Transliteration/Translation
Publisher:
Jane Peppler
Provenance:
Purchase, Jane Peppler, Sept 2013
First line:
Yidn shteyen baym davenen dort in der groyser shul,…
First line (Yiddish):
ייִדן שטייען בײַם דעווענען דאָרט אין דער גרויסער שול,...
Notes:
Jews pray in the big synagogue and they don't get tired. They shake so much!

Mayn Mames Lidele (Olshanetsky) — מײַן מאַמעס לידעלע (אָלשאַנעטסקי)

Author:
Jacobs, Jacob — זשאַקאָבס, זשאַקאָב
Composer:
Olshanetsky, Alexander — אָלשאַנעצקי, אַלעקסאַנדער
Genre:
Memory
Subject:
Mother/SongAngels/Prayer/Blessing/Joy/Long Life
Additional song notes:
My Mother's Little Song From the operetta "In Gortn Fun Libe" (In the Garden of Love)

Recording

On album:
072d (Grossman, Irving/ Mayn Mames Lidele/ Brengt Mir Mein Mame Fun Yener Tsayt)
Track ID:
38305
Vocal:
Grossman, Irving
First line:
Ikh gedenk nokh atsind ven ikh bin geven a kind, ikh ken dikh nokh yetster,…
First line (Yiddish):
איך געדענק נאָך אַצינד ווען איך בין געווען אַ קינד, איך קען דיך נאָך איצטער,
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert
Length:
2:50

Vot Ken You Makh? Es Iz Amerike! (Video) — װאָט קען יו מאַך? עס איז אַמעריקע? (ווידיאָ)

Author:
Jacobs, Jacob — זשאַקאָבס, זשאַקאָב
Composer:
Olshanetsky, Alexander — אָלשאַנעצקי, אַלעקסאַנדער
Genre:
Theater/Shund/Humor
Subject:
Customs/America/Europe/Life Style/Comparison
Transliteration:
Alb K-030(c)/Alb K-Alb K-030(c)/Alb G-048(d)/Alb K-059(e)/Ephemera 1458
Translation:
Alb K-030(c)/Alb K-059(e)/Ephemera 1458
Additional song notes:
How do you figure it out ? What can you do? It's America Aaron Lebedoff credited with Lyrics, Sholem Secunda with Music

Recording

On album:
V0290(3) (What's Not to Like, (2014): A Yiddish Songfest (Video) [Not Separated])
Track ID:
41549
Vocal:
Bolotin, Suzie
Piano:
Berman, Gary
Violin:
Li, Jenny
Viola Da Gambo:
Thomsen, Fred Margolin, Connie
Violin:
Lin, Michael
First line:
Keyn amerike tsu kumen, hob ikh keyn mi geshport,
First line (Yiddish):
קיין אַמעריקע צו קומען, האָב איך קײן מי געשפּאָרט,
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert
Length:
2:41

Other tracks with this artist

Hostu Bistu Gistu — האָסטו ביסטו גיסטו

On album:
F-009(b) (Leo Fuchs/ Yiddish American...Songs & Humor /Shalom Partner)
Track ID:
6844
Composer:
Olshanetsky, Alexander — אָלשאַנעצקי, אַלעקסאַנדער
Author:
Jacobs, Jacob — זשאַקאָבס, זשאַקאָב
Artist:
Fuchs, Leo — פֿוקס, לעאָ
First line:
Hostu, gistu, bistu, un got un leyt gebentsht, oy hostu...
First line:
האָסטו, גיסטו, ביסטו, און גאָט און לײַט געבענשט, אױ האָסטו ניט..
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Titled "Hosti Gisti Bisti"

Hostu Bistu Gistu — האָסטו ביסטו גיסטו

On album:
F-009(d) (Leo Fuchs Sings Yiddish Theatre Favorites)
Track ID:
6845
Composer:
Olshanetsky, Alexander — אָלשאַנעצקי, אַלעקסאַנדער
Author:
Jacobs, Jacob — זשאַקאָבס, זשאַקאָב
Artist:
Fuchs, Leo — פֿוקס, לעאָ
First line:
Hostu, gistu, bistu, fun got un leyt gebentsht, oy hostu...
First line:
האָסטו, גיסטו, ביסטו, פֿון גאָט און לײַט געבענשט, אױ האָסטו ניט..
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Titled "Hosti Gisti Bisti"

Hora (Secunda, Yid) — האָראַ (סעקונדאַ, ייִדיש)

On album:
F-009(a) (Leo Fuchs in Bei Mir Bistu Shoen Original Cast Album)
Track ID:
6775
Composer:
Secunda, Sholom — סעקונדאַ, שלום
Author:
Jacobs, Jacob — זשאַקאָבס, זשאַקאָב
Artist:
Fuchs, Leo — פֿוקס, לעאָ
Conductor:
Secunda, Sholom — סעקונדאַ, שלום
Vocal:
Ensemble — אַנסאַמבל
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
From Musical "Bay Mir Bistu Sheyn"

Social Security (Yid) — סאָשעל סעקוריטי (ייִדיש)

On album:
F-009(a) (Leo Fuchs in Bei Mir Bistu Shoen Original Cast Album)
Track ID:
14581
Author:
Jacobs, Jacob — זשאַקאָבס, זשאַקאָב
Composer:
Secunda, Sholom — סעקונדאַ, שלום
Artist:
Jacobs, Jacob & Charlotte Cooper — דזאַקאָבס, דזאַקאָב & שאַרלאָט קאָפּער
Conductor:
Secunda, Sholom — סעקונדאַ, שלום
First line:
...a papir a vaybl gebn, az vos zi darf hobn tsum lebn,
First line:
...אַ פּאַפּיר אַ װײַבל געבן, אַז װאָס זי דאַרף צום לעבן,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
From Musical "Bay Mir Bistu Sheyn"

A Freylekh Land — אַ פֿרײלעך לאַנד

On album:
K-010(c) (Miriam Kressyn & Seymour Rexsite sing the Yiddish Hit Parade)
Track ID:
163
Author:
Jacobs, Jacob — זשאַקאָבס, זשאַקאָב
Composer:
Olshanetsky, Alexander — אָלשאַנעצקי, אַלעקסאַנדער
Vocal:
Rechtzeit, Seymour — רעכצײַט, סימאָר
First line:
Zol zen a land fun freyd, men geyt, men shteyt,
First line:
זאָל זען אַ לאַנד פֿון פֿרײד, מען גײט, מען שטײט, געפֿלױגען האָט...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Roumanian melody.

Yente Baym Dentist — יענטע בײַם דענטיסט

Genre:
Novelty/Humor/Sketch/Spoken Word
Subject:
Dentist/Extraction/Gold Tooth/Envy
Additional song notes:
Yente At The Dentist - Yente wants a gold tooth so that her neighbor will be envious.
On album:
059f (Hoffman, Anna/ Jacobs, Betty/ Hoffman, Anna/ Jacobs, Jacob/ Froyen Nakht in a Terkishe Bod/ Yenta Beim Dentist)
Track ID:
30566
Speaker:
Jacobs, Jacob — זשאַקאָבס, זשאַקאָב
Speaker:
Hoffman, Anna
Language:
Yiddish

Az Men Farzukht — אַז מען פֿאָרזוכט

On album:
L-002(a) (Aaron Lebedoff Sings Rumania, Rumania and other Yiddish...)
Track ID:
1789
Author:
Jacobs, Jacob — זשאַקאָבס, זשאַקאָב
Composer:
Ellstein, Abe — עלשטײַן, אײב
Artist:
Lebedeff, Aaron — לעבעדאָװ, אהרן
Conductor Orchestra:
Secunda, Sholom — סעקונדאַ, שלום
First line:
Az men farzukht un s'iz gut, vilt zikh nokh a mol,
First line (Yiddish):
אַז מען פֿאַרזוכט און ס'איז גוט, װילט זיך נאָך אַ מאָל,
Language:
Yiddish

Az Men Farzukht — אַז מען פֿאָרזוכט

On album:
L-002(g) (The Best of Aaron Lebedeff)
Track ID:
1790
Author:
Jacobs, Jacob — זשאַקאָבס, זשאַקאָב
Composer:
Ellstein, Abe — עלשטײַן, אײב
Artist:
Lebedeff, Aaron — לעבעדאָװ, אהרן
Conductor Orchestra:
Secunda, Sholom — סעקונדאַ, שלום
First line:
Az men farzukht un s'iz gut, vilt zikh nokh a mol,
First line (Yiddish):
אַז מען פֿאַרזוכט און ס'איז גוט, װילט זיך נאָך אַ מאָל,
Language:
Yiddish

Az Men Farzukht — אַז מען פֿאָרזוכט

On album:
A-009(a) (Jewish Folk Songs Joey Adams - Sholom Secunda with Guests)
Track ID:
1791
Author:
Jacobs, Jacob — זשאַקאָבס, זשאַקאָב
Composer:
Ellstein, Abe — עלשטײַן, אײב
Vocal:
Adams, Joey
Conductor:
Secunda, Sholom — סעקונדאַ, שלום
First line:
Az men farzukht un s'iz gut, vilt zikh nokh a mol,
First line (Yiddish):
אַז מען פֿאַרזוכט און ס'איז גוט, װילט זיך נאָך אַ מאָל,
Track comment:
Medley, Ale Viln Zingen, Am Yisroel Khay, Vus Geven Iz Geven
Language:
Yiddish

Az Men Farzukht — אַז מען פֿאָרזוכט

On album:
F-009(c) (Para Cantar y Reir Leo Fuchs - Freidele Oysher — ייִדישער הומאָר)
Track ID:
1792
Author:
Jacobs, Jacob — זשאַקאָבס, זשאַקאָב
Composer:
Ellstein, Abe — עלשטײַן, אײב
Artist:
Fuchs, Leo — פֿוקס, לעאָ
First line:
Az men farzukht un s'iz gut, vilt zikh nokh a mol,
First line (Yiddish):
אַז מען פֿאַרזוכט און ס'איז גוט, װילט זיך נאָך אַ מאָל,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish

Az Men Farzukht — אַז מען פֿאָרזוכט

On album:
F-009(b) (Leo Fuchs/ Yiddish American...Songs & Humor /Shalom Partner)
Track ID:
1793
Author:
Jacobs, Jacob — זשאַקאָבס, זשאַקאָב
Composer:
Ellstein, Abe — עלשטײַן, אײב
Artist:
Fuchs, Leo — פֿוקס, לעאָ
First line:
Az men farzukht un s'iz gut, vilt zikh nokh a mol,
First line (Yiddish):
אַז מען פֿאַרזוכט און ס'איז גוט, װילט זיך נאָך אַ מאָל,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish

Brokhes Lehavdola (Jacobs) — בּרכות להבדלה דשאַקאָבס)

Genre:
Theater
Additional song notes:
See "Havdola"
On album:
F-009(a) (Leo Fuchs in Bei Mir Bistu Shoen Original Cast Album)
Track ID:
2609
Author:
Jacobs, Jacob — זשאַקאָבס, זשאַקאָב
Composer:
Secunda, Sholom — סעקונדאַ, שלום
Artist:
Libgold, Leon & Ensemble — ליבגאָלד, לעאָן און אַנסאַמבל
Conductor:
Secunda, Sholom — סעקונדאַ, שלום
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
From Musical "Bay Mir Bistu Sheyn"
Language:
Yiddish

Der Yidisher Nign — דער ייִדישער ניגון

On album:
R-016(b) (Seymour Rexsite Sings Jewish Folk Songs & Yiddish Theatre...)
Track ID:
3465
Author:
Jacobs, Jacob — זשאַקאָבס, זשאַקאָב
Composer:
Olshanetsky, Alexander — אָלשאַנעצקי, אַלעקסאַנדער
Vocal:
Rechtzeit, Seymour — רעכצײַט, סימאָר
First line:
Der Yidisher nigun iz dokh azoy sheyn, der Yidisher nigun...
First line (Yiddish):
דער ייִדישער ניגון איז דאָך אַזױ שײן, דער ייִדישער ניגון האָט אַ...
Language:
Yiddish

Der Yidisher Nign — דער ייִדישער ניגון

On album:
T-005(c) (Chaim Towber, The Singing Poet Songs To Remember — לידער צו געדענקען)
Track ID:
3466
Author:
Jacobs, Jacob — זשאַקאָבס, זשאַקאָב
Composer:
Olshanetsky, Alexander — אָלשאַנעצקי, אַלעקסאַנדער
Artist:
Tauber, Chaim Shmuel (Shami) טױבער, חיים שמואל (שמאי)
First line:
Der yidisher nigun, oyf eybik zol er zayn, der yidisher...
First line (Yiddish):
דער ייִדישער ניגון, אױף אײביק זםל ער זײַן, דער ייִדישער ניגון...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Is this same song sung by Rextseyt?
Language:
Yiddish

Der Yidisher Nign — דער ייִדישער ניגון

On album:
A-007(a) (Treasures Of Our People Chayele Ash/ Ari and Avrom Fuhrman — פֿון אונדזערע אוצרות חיהלע אַש \ ארי און אַבֿרהם פֿורמאַן)
Track ID:
3467
Vocal:
Fuhrman, Ari — פֿורמאַן, אַרי
Author:
Jacobs, Jacob — זשאַקאָבס, זשאַקאָב
Vocal:
Fuhrman, Avrom — פֿורמאַן, אַבֿרהם
Composer:
Olshanetsky, Alexander — אָלשאַנעצקי, אַלעקסאַנדער
Vocal:
Ash, Chayele — אַש, חיהלע
Piano:
Kesilman, Edythe
First line:
Der Yidisher nigun iz dokh azoy sheyn, der Yidisher nigun...
First line (Yiddish):
דער ייִדישער ניגון איז דאָך אַזױ שײן, דער ייִדישער ניגון האָט אַ...
Track comment:
Oysgegebn, Artsa Aleynu
Language:
Yiddish

Der Yidisher Nign — דער ייִדישער ניגון

On album:
W-002(g) (Benzion Witler)
Track ID:
3468
Author:
Jacobs, Jacob — זשאַקאָבס, זשאַקאָב
Composer:
Olshanetsky, Alexander — אָלשאַנעצקי, אַלעקסאַנדער
Artist:
Witler, Ben Tsion — װיטלער, בּן ציון
First line:
Haynt iz a nayer perioda, ven tants muzik un dzas is der...
First line (Yiddish):
הײַנט איז אַ נײַער פּעריאָדאַ, װען טאַנץ מוזיק און דזאַס איז דער...
Language:
Yiddish

Eyn Mol Lebt Men — אײן מאָל לעבט מען

On album:
W-002(c) (Benzion Witler Yiddish Gems — בּן-ציון ויטלער)
Track ID:
4998
Artist:
Witler, Ben Tsion — װיטלער, בּן ציון
Author:
Jacobs, Jacob — זשאַקאָבס, זשאַקאָב
Composer:
Olshanetsky, Alexander — אָלשאַנעצקי, אַלעקסאַנדער
Artist:
Kreisler, Marcel — קרײַסלער, מאַרסעל
First line:
Ikh vel itst far aykh zingen a lid, vos vet aykh fil freyd..
First line:
איך װעל פֿאַר אײַך זינגען אַ ליד, װאָס װעט אײַך פֿיל פֿרײד...

Far Vos Zingt A Khazn — פֿאַר װאָס זינגט אַ חזן

On album:
K-004(a) (Yiddishe Lieder by Cantor Moshe Koussevitzsky)
Track ID:
5108
Vocal:
Koussevitzky, Cantor Moyshe — קאָוסעװיצקי, חזן משה
Author:
Jacobs, Jacob — זשאַקאָבס, זשאַקאָב
Composer:
Secunda, Sholom — סעקונדאַ, שלום
First line:
Fregt di velt a kashe, fregt di velt a kashe? Far vos...
First line:
פֿרעגט די װעלט אַ קשיא, פֿרעגא די װעלט אַ קשיא? פֿאַר װאַס זינגט...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Far Vos Zingt A Khazn — פֿאַר װאָס זינגט אַ חזן

On album:
K-032(a) (David Kusevitzky / World Famous Cantor — דוד קוסובֿיצקי דער װעלט באַרימטער חזן)
Track ID:
5109
Artist:
Kusevitzky, Dovid — קוסעװיצקי, חזן דוד
Author:
Jacobs, Jacob — זשאַקאָבס, זשאַקאָב
Composer:
Secunda, Sholom — סעקונדאַ, שלום
Artist:
Winternitz, Dr. Khanan — וינטרניץ, ד"ר חנן
First line:
Fregt di velt a kashe, fregt di velt a kashe? Far vos...
First line:
פֿרעגט די װעלט אַ קשיא, פֿרעגא די װעלט אַ קשיא? פֿאַר װאַס זינגט...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Folgn A Taten — פֿאָלגן אַ טאַטן

On album:
F-009(a) (Leo Fuchs in Bei Mir Bistu Shoen Original Cast Album)
Track ID:
5291
Author:
Jacobs, Jacob — זשאַקאָבס, זשאַקאָב
Composer:
Secunda, Sholom — סעקונדאַ, שלום
Artist:
Jacobs, Liebgold, Rekhtseyt — דזאַקאָבס, ליבגאָלד, רעכצײַט
Conductor:
Secunda, Sholom — סעקונדאַ, שלום
First line:
Kavod es avekho, sheyt in der toyre geshribn, libe kind...
First line (Yiddish):
...שטײט אין דער תּורה געשריבן, ליבע קינד...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
From Musical "Bay Mir Bistu Sheyn"
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Folk/Theatre

Ikh Hob Dikh Lib (Olshanetsky) — איך האָב דיך ליב (אָלשאַנעטצקי)

On album:
P-002(d) (Jan Peerce on 2nd Ave Orch Conducted by Gershon Kingsley)
Track ID:
7147
Author:
Jacobs, Jacob — זשאַקאָבס, זשאַקאָב
Composer:
Olshanetsky, Alexander — אָלשאַנעצקי, אַלעקסאַנדער
Vocal:
Peerce, Jan
Conductor Orchestra/Arranger:
Kingsley, Gershon
First line:
Es kumt far undz danen a lebn tsuzamen, in freydn,
First line:
עס קומט פֿאַר אונדז דאַנען אַ לעבן לעבן צוזאַמען, אין פֿרײדן,
Track comment:
From the Yiddish musical "The Garden of Love" - 1926

Freg Bay Got Kayn Kashes Nit — פֿרעג בײַ גאָט קײַן קושיות ניט

On album:
T-013(a) (Touring Israel)
Track ID:
5357
Author:
Jacobs, Jacob — זשאַקאָבס, זשאַקאָב
Conductor:
Gunther, William
Composer:
Ellstein, Abe — עלשטײַן, אײב
Vocal:
Bart, Jan
Conductor:
Gunther, William
Artist:
William Gunther Orchestra
Artist:
William Gunther Orchestra
First line:
Omar reb mayer, hot reb mayer gezogt,
First line (Yiddish):
אמר רבּ מאיר, האָט רבֿ מאיר געזאָגט,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Similar in thought to "Got In Zayn Mishpet Iz Gerekht"
Language:
Yiddish

Freg Bay Got Kayn Kashes Nit — פֿרעג בײַ גאָט קײַן קושיות ניט

On album:
B-002(b) (Jan Bart Sings More Best Loved Jewish Songs — נײַע אױסגעקליבענע באַליבטער ייִדישע לידער)
Track ID:
5358
Author:
Jacobs, Jacob — זשאַקאָבס, זשאַקאָב
Conductor:
Gunther, William
Composer:
Ellstein, Abe — עלשטײַן, אײב
Vocal:
Bart, Jan
Conductor:
Gunther, William
Artist:
William Gunther Orchestra
Artist:
William Gunther Orchestra
First line:
Omar reb mayer, hot reb mayer gezogt,
First line (Yiddish):
אמר רבּ מאיר, האָט רבּ מאיר געזאָגט,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Similar in thought to "Got In Zayn Mishpet Iz Gerekht"
Language:
Yiddish

Freylekh Zol Zayn (Ellstein) — פֿרײלעך זאָל זײַן (עלשטייִן)

Genre:
Theater
Subject:
Joy
On album:
K-010(c) (Miriam Kressyn & Seymour Rexsite sing the Yiddish Hit Parade)
Track ID:
5399
Author:
Jacobs, Jacob — זשאַקאָבס, זשאַקאָב
Composer:
Ellstein, Abe — עלשטײַן, אײב
Vocal:
Rechtzeit, Seymour — רעכצײַט, סימאָר
First line:
Zol zayn gelebt, kumt, zet ir haynt iz gut, un veyter...
First line (Yiddish):
זאָל זײַן געלעבט, קומט, זעט איר הײַט איז גוט, און װײַטער זאַרגן...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Folk/Pop

Ikh Lib Zi — איך ליב זי

On album:
xI-003(a)
Track ID:
7191
Author:
Olshanetsky, Alexander — אָלשאַנעצקי, אַלעקסאַנדער
Composer:
Jacobs, Jacob — זשאַקאָבס, זשאַקאָב
Artist:
Itskhaki, Israel — יצחקי, ישׂראל
Artist:
Weiss, Alex and his Orchestra — װיס ,אַלכּס ותזמורתו
Conductor/Arranger:
Weiss, Alex — וויס, אלעקס,
First line:
Oy, ikh lib zi, oy, oy, oy, ikh lib zi, zi iz mayn glik,
Track comment:
Cha Cha Cha ה"צ ה"צ ה"צ

Itshe — איטשע

On album:
F-009(a) (Leo Fuchs in Bei Mir Bistu Shoen Original Cast Album)
Track ID:
7562
Composer:
Secunda, Sholom — סעקונדאַ, שלום
Conductor:
Secunda, Sholom — סעקונדאַ, שלום
Author/Artist:
Jacobs, Jacob — זשאַקאָבס, זשאַקאָב
First line:
Ikh hob a cousin, itshe, iz dos a carger yid,
First line:
איך האָב אַ קוזין, איטשע, איז דאָס אַ קאָרגער ייִד,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
From Musical "Bay Mir Bistu Sheyn"

Mayn Tayer Jekele — מײַן טײַער דזשעקעלע

On album:
V-005(a) (The Best Of Yiddish Vaudeville)
Track ID:
10009
Author/Composer/Artist:
Jacobs, Jacob — זשאַקאָבס, זשאַקאָב
First line:
Mayn tayer jekele, shik mir a tshekele, vayl di vayber vil..
First line:
מײַן טײַער דזשעקעלע, שיק מיר אַ טשעקעלע, װײַל די װײַבער װיל...
Track comment:
Same melody as Tsvey Briv Tsum Lyadier Rebn

Lomir Trakhtn Nor Fun Haynt — לאָמיר טראַכטן נאָר פֿון הײַנט

Author:
Witler, Ben Tsion — װיטלער, בּן ציון
Composer:
Witler, Ben Tsion — װיטלער, בּן ציון
Genre:
Theater
Subject:
Love/Moment
Translation:
CD K-075(b)
On album:
W-002(e) (Remembering Benzion Witler with Shifra Lerer — בּן-ציון װיטלער מיט שפֿרה לערער)
Track ID:
9347
Author:
Jacobs, Jacob — זשאַקאָבס, זשאַקאָב
Vocal:
Witler, Ben Tsion — װיטלער, בּן ציון
Artist:
Simon Tenovsky Orchestra
First line:
Lomir trakhtn nor fun haynt, genisn fun di shtraln vi di...
First line (Yiddish):
לאָמיר טראַכטן נאָר פֿון הײַנט, געניסן פֿון די שטראַלן װי די...
Language:
Yiddish

Makhst Mikh Filn Yunger — מאַכסט מיך פֿילן יונגער

On album:
F-009(a) (Leo Fuchs in Bei Mir Bistu Shoen Original Cast Album)
Track ID:
9644
Author:
Jacobs, Jacob — זשאַקאָבס, זשאַקאָב
Composer:
Secunda, Sholom — סעקונדאַ, שלום
Vocal:
Fuchs, Leo — פֿוקס, לעאָ
Conductor:
Secunda, Sholom — סעקונדאַ, שלום
Vocal:
Richman, Rebecca
First line:
Vifl ikh kuk oyf dir, vilt zikh kukn nokh a mol,
First line:
װיפֿל איך קוק אױף דיר, װילט זיך קוקן נאָך אַ מאָל,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
From Musical "Bay Mir Bistu Sheyn"

Mayn Harts Flegt Zogn Mir — מײַן האַרץ פֿלעגט זאָגן מיר

On album:
F-009(a) (Leo Fuchs in Bei Mir Bistu Shoen Original Cast Album)
Track ID:
9860
Author:
Jacobs, Jacob — זשאַקאָבס, זשאַקאָב
Composer:
Secunda, Sholom — סעקונדאַ, שלום
Artist:
Kressyn, Miriam & Rebecca Richman — קרעסן, מיריאַם און רבֿקה רישמאַן
Conductor:
Secunda, Sholom — סעקונדאַ, שלום
First line:
Mir hobn zikh oysbahaltn in di felder mit di partizaner,
First line:
מיר האָבן זיך אױסבאַהאָלטן אין די פֿעלדער מיט די פּאַרטיזאַנער,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
From Musical "Bay Mir Bistu Sheyn"

Ose Shalom (Hirsh) — יעשׂה שלוֹם (הירש)

Composer:
Hirsh, Nurit — הירש, נורית
Genre:
Religious/Prayer
Subject:
Peace
Origin:
Alb C-003(j)
Transliteration:
HAL 28
Translation:
Alb C-003(j)
Music:
HAL 28
On album:
J-016(a) (Shalom America Jackie Jacob Sings)
Track ID:
11561
Artist:
Jacobs, Jacob — זשאַקאָבס, זשאַקאָב
First line:
Ose shalom bimromov, hu ya'ase shalom olenyu, v'al kol...
First line:
עוֹשׂה שלוֹם בּמרוֹמיו הוּא יעשׂה שלוֹם עלינוּ ועל כּל ישׂראל, ואיםרוּ..
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Nakhes Fun Kinder (Jacobs) — נחת פֿון קינדער (דזאַקאָבס)

On album:
F-009(a) (Leo Fuchs in Bei Mir Bistu Shoen Original Cast Album)
Track ID:
10903
Author:
Jacobs, Jacob — זשאַקאָבס, זשאַקאָב
Composer:
Secunda, Sholom — סעקונדאַ, שלום
Artist:
Leibgold, Leon — ליבגאָלד, לעאָן
Conductor:
Secunda, Sholom — סעקונדאַ, שלום
First line:
Voyl iz dem mentsh vos er geyt nit oyf fremde vegn
First line:
װױל איז דער מענטש װאָס ער גײט ניט אױף פֿרעמדע װעגן,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
From Musical "Bay Mir Bistu Sheyn"

T'aint Kosher (Yid, Eng) — טײנט כּשר (ייִדיש, ענגליש)

On album:
F-009(a) (Leo Fuchs in Bei Mir Bistu Shoen Original Cast Album)
Track ID:
14762
Author:
Jacobs, Jacob — זשאַקאָבס, זשאַקאָב
Composer:
Secunda, Sholom — סעקונדאַ, שלום
Vocal:
Fuchs, Leo — פֿוקס, לעאָ
Conductor:
Secunda, Sholom — סעקונדאַ, שלום
Vocal:
Ensemble — אַנסאַמבל
First line:
T'aint kosher, t'aint kosher, no no, t'aint kosher...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
From Musical "Bay Mir Bistu Sheyn"

Tantst A Yidishe Polke — טאַנצט אַ ייִדישע פּאָלקע

On album:
K-010(b) (The Best of Miriam Kressen & Seymour Rexsite)
Track ID:
14815
Author:
Jacobs, Jacob — זשאַקאָבס, זשאַקאָב
Composer:
Ellstein, Abe — עלשטײַן, אײב
Vocal:
Rechtzeit, Seymour — רעכצײַט, סימאָר
First line:
Tantst, tantst, di Yidishe polka, veyl dos Yidish lebn iz..
First line:
טאַנצט, טאַנצט די ייִדישע פּאָלקע, װײַל דאָס ייִדיש לעבן איז אַזױ שײן,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Yiddishkayt — ייִדישקײַט

On album:
R-016(b) (Seymour Rexsite Sings Jewish Folk Songs & Yiddish Theatre...)
Track ID:
17522
Author:
Jacobs, Jacob — זשאַקאָבס, זשאַקאָב
Composer:
Olshanetsky, Alexander — אָלשאַנעצקי, אַלעקסאַנדער
Artist:
Seymour Rexsite
First line:
Yidishkayt darf zayn bay Yidn, Yidishkayt, dos getlikhe...
First line:
ייִדישקײַט דאַרף זײַן בײַ ייִדן, ייִדישקײַט, דאָס געטלעכע פֿײַער װאָס היט..

Yingele — ייִנגעלע

On album:
F-022(b) (Yiddish Maestro Please The Feder Sisters)
Track ID:
17577
Author:
Jacobs, Jacob — זשאַקאָבס, זשאַקאָב
Composer:
Ellstein, Abe — עלשטײַן, אײב
Vocal:
Feder Sisters — פֿעדער שװעסטער
Artist:
Ellstein, Abe — עלשטײַן, אײב
Vocal:
Feder, Sylvia — פֿעדער, סילװיע
Vocal:
Sloan, Mimi
First line:
Yingele sheyn, yingele kleyn, zayt du bist in mayn lebn,
First line:
ייִנגעלע שײן, ייִנגעלע שײן, זײַט דו ביסט אין מײַן לעבן,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Mayn Harts Flegt Zogn Mir — מײַן האַרץ פֿלעגט זאָגן מיר

On album:
G-045(a) (Songs From "Go Fight City Hall" "Bay Mir Bistu Sheyn")
Track ID:
20363
Author:
Jacobs, Jacob — זשאַקאָבס, זשאַקאָב
Composer:
Secunda, Sholom — סעקונדאַ, שלום
Artist:
Chester, Allen & Doris Cohen
First line:
Vi a farblundzet shefele, in tifn vald aleyn, vos vi er...
First line (Yiddish):
װי אַ פֿאַרבלאָנדזעט שעפֿעלע, אין טיפֿן װאַלד אַלײן, װאָס װי ער...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
From "Bay Mir Bistu Sheyn"
Language:
Yiddish

Makhst Mikh Filn Yunger — מאַכסט מיך פֿילן יונגער

On album:
G-045(a) (Songs From "Go Fight City Hall" "Bay Mir Bistu Sheyn")
Track ID:
20364
Author:
Jacobs, Jacob — זשאַקאָבס, זשאַקאָב
Composer:
Secunda, Sholom — סעקונדאַ, שלום
Artist:
Chester, Allen & Doris Cohen
First line:
Du makhst mir filn yunger, yunger, ven ikh kuk oyf dir,
First line (Yiddish):
דו מאַכסט מיר פֿילן יונגער, יונגער, װען איך קוק אױף דיר,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
From "Bay Mir Bistu Sheyn"
Language:
Yiddish

Oy I Like She (Medley) — אױ אײַ לײַק שי (ייִדיש, מעדלי)

On album:
K-010(g) (32 World Famous Artists Sing Oldies Of The Yiddish Theatre)
Track ID:
21192
Author:
Jacobs, Jacob — זשאַקאָבס, זשאַקאָב
Composer:
Olshanetsky, Alexander — אָלשאַנעצקי, אַלעקסאַנדער
Artist:
Lebedeff, Aaron — לעבעדאָװ, אהרן
Narration:
Kressyn, Miriam — קרעסן, מיריאַם
Narration:
Rechtzeit, Seymour — רעכצײַט, סימאָר
First line:
Oy, I like she, oy, oy, oy, I like she, ire fislekh,
First line:
אױ, אײַ לײַק שי, אױ, אױ, אױ, אײַ לײַק שי, אירע פֿיסלעך,
Track comment:
Az Men Farzukht/ Nye Platsh Mama/ Nervn/ Farvos Hob Ikh/ ...

Az Men Farzukht (Medley) — אַז מען פֿאָרזוכט (מעדלי)

On album:
K-010(g) (32 World Famous Artists Sing Oldies Of The Yiddish Theatre)
Track ID:
21194
Author:
Jacobs, Jacob — זשאַקאָבס, זשאַקאָב
Composer:
Ellstein, Abe — עלשטײַן, אײב
Artist:
Lebedeff, Aaron — לעבעדאָװ, אהרן
Narration:
Kressyn, Miriam — קרעסן, מיריאַם
Narration:
Rechtzeit, Seymour — רעכצײַט, סימאָר
First line:
Az men farzukht un s'iz gut, vilt zikh nokh a mol,
First line (Yiddish):
אַז מען פֿאַרזוכט און ס'איז גוט, װילט זיך נאָך אַ מאָל,
Track comment:
Nye Platsh Mama/ Nervn/ Farvos Hob Ikh/ Yisroel Yisroel
Language:
Yiddish

Ikh Benk Nokh Der East Side Fun Amol — איך בענק נאָך דער אײסט סײַד פֿןi אַמאָל

Genre:
Pop/Concert/Place
Subject:
New York City/East Side/Immigrants/Bath/Yiddish/Yearning
Transliteration:
Ephemera 1485
Translation:
Ephemera 1485
Additional song notes:
I Long For The East Side of Old One Pines For The East Side Of The Past
On album:
M-034(e) (The Mazeltones Latkes & Lattes)
Track ID:
21367
Author:
Jacobs, Jacob — זשאַקאָבס, זשאַקאָב
Vocal:
Hirsh, David
Composer:
Olshanetsky, Alexander — אָלשאַנעצקי, אַלעקסאַנדער
Vocal:
Hirsh, David
First line:
Yidn flegn kumen fun der gantser velt, in der east side,
First line:
ייִדן פֿלעגן קומען פֿון דער גאַנצער װעלט, אין דער אײסט סײַד,

Mayn Tayer Jekele — מײַן טײַער דזשעקעלע

On album:
V-005(a)1 (The Best Of Yiddish Vaudeville Vol 1 & Michel Rosenberg)
Track ID:
23732
Author/Composer/Artist:
Jacobs, Jacob — זשאַקאָבס, זשאַקאָב
First line:
Mayn tayer jekele, shik mir a tshekele, vayl di vayber vil..
First line:
מײַן טײַער דזשעקעלע, שיק מיר אַ טשעקעלע, װײַל די װײַבער װיל...
Track comment:
Same melody as Tsvey Briv Tsum Lyadier Rebn

Yene Teg Fun A Mol — יענע טעג פֿון אַ מאָל

On album:
V-005(a)1 (The Best Of Yiddish Vaudeville Vol 1 & Michel Rosenberg)
Track ID:
23738
Author:
Jacobs, Jacob — זשאַקאָבס, זשאַקאָב
Composer:
Ellstein, Abe — עלשטײַן, אײב
Vocal:
Rechtzeit, Seymour — רעכצײַט, סימאָר
First line:
Yene teg fun a mol, vi a kholum geven, hot zi mayn yugent..
First line:
יענע טעג פֿון אַ מאָל, װי אַ חלום געװען, האָט זי מײַן יוגנט...

Ikh Bin A Border Bay Mayn Vayb — איך בין אַ באָרדער בײַ מײַן װײַב

Author:
Doctor, Rubin — דאָקטאָר, רובין
Composer:
Doctor, Rubin — דאָקטאָר, רובין
Genre:
Theatre/Vaudville/Shund/Humorous
Subject:
Wife/Divorce/Relationship/Border/Double Entendre
Origin:
ML PYS 254
Transliteration:
ML PYS 254/Alb Z-010(n)/Alb W-031(a)/Alb M-068(a)04
Translation:
Alb W-031(a)
Music:
ML PYS 254
Additional song notes:
I'M My Wife's Border
Related information in folder 495:
Comments:
1. English adaptation by Henry Sapoznik 2. Yiddish text, transliteration, melody line and translation from Pearls of Yiddish Song, P. 253. 3. Transliteration and translation from Album W-031(a) titled "Mauro Wrona: The Best of Yiddish Vaudville
On album:
Y-021(a)2 (Yiddish New York - Paris - Varsovie 1910-1940 - CD 2)
Track ID:
23776
Artist:
Jacobs, Jacob — זשאַקאָבס, זשאַקאָב
First line:
Ikh bin shoyn vider singl, un leb vi a voyl yingl,
First line (Yiddish):
איך בין שױן װידער סינגל, און לעב װי אַ װױל ייִנגל, מיט מײַן..
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Vaudeville/Theatre

A Tribute To Sholem Secunda — בײַ מיר ביםטו שײן

On album:
xN-020(a)
Track ID:
23808
Author:
Jacobs, Jacob — זשאַקאָבס, זשאַקאָב
Composer:
Secunda, Sholom — סעקונדאַ, שלום
Artist:
Novick, Honey
Artist:
Goldhamer, Brahm, piano
Artist:
Sacks, Richard M., percussion
First line:
Bay mir bistu sheyn, bay mir hostu kheyn, bist eyner bay...
First line (Yiddish):
בײַ מיר ביסטו שײן, בײַ מיר האַסטו חן, ביסט אײנער בײַ מיר אױף...
Track comment:
Recorded under "A Tribute To Sholem Secunda"
Language:
Yiddish

Miki Mayzl — מיקי מײַזל

Author:
Tseler, Shmuel — צעסלער, שמואל
Composer:
Yomen, Ben — יאָמען, בען
Genre:
Children
Subject:
Mickey Mouse
Transliteration:
Alb N-020(a)
Translation:
Alb N-020(a)
On album:
N-020(a) (Honey Novick Rising Toward the Seraphim)
Track ID:
23809
Author:
Jacobs, Jacob — זשאַקאָבס, זשאַקאָב
Composer:
Secunda, Sholom — סעקונדאַ, שלום
Artist:
Novick, Honey
Artist:
Goldhamer, Brahm, piano
Artist:
Sacks, Richard M., percussion
First line:
Shtelt zikh kinder, ales oys, lomir shpiln miki moyz,
First line (Yiddish):
שטעלט זיך קינדער, אַלע אױס, לאָמיר שפּילן מיקי מױז,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Recorded under "Mickey Maizl"
Language:
Yiddish

Mayn Tayer Jekele — מײַן טײַער דזשעקעלע

On album:
V-005(a)2 (The Best of Yiddish Vaudeville Vol 2)
Track ID:
24282
Composer:
Kreitzberg, Yasha — קרײַצבערג, יאַשאַ
Author/Artist:
Jacobs, Jacob — זשאַקאָבס, זשאַקאָב
First line:
Mayn tayer jekele, shik mir a tshekele, vayl di vayber vil..
First line:
מײַן טײַער דזשעקעלע, שיק מיר אַ טשעקעלע, װײַל די װײַבער װיל...
Track comment:
Same melody as Tsvey Briv Tsum Lyadier Rebn

Oy I Like She (Medley) — אױ אײַ לײַק שי (ייִדיש, מעדלי)

On album:
A-027(b) (Bruce Adler An Evening At The Yiddish Theatre -Act II-)
Track ID:
26488
Author:
Jacobs, Jacob — זשאַקאָבס, זשאַקאָב
Composer:
Olshanetsky, Alexander — אָלשאַנעצקי, אַלעקסאַנדער
Artist:
Adler, Bruce
Artist:
Mlotek, Zalmen — מלאָטעק, זלמן, (1951)
First line:
Oy, I like she, oy, oy, oy, I like she, ire fislekh,
First line:
אױ, אײַ לײַק שי, אױ, אױ, אױ, אײַ לײַק שי, אירע פֿיסלעך,
Track comment:
From "Di Gantse Velt Iz A Teater" - Fragment

A Grus Fun Amerike — אַ גרוס פֿון אַמעריקע

Genre:
Humor/Comedy/Vaudeville/Song Duet
Subject:
America/Letter/Life/Blessed Country
Additional song notes:
A Greeting From America
On album:
A-060(d) (Songs From the Attic/ Lider Fun Boydem 6/ The Best of 78 Records/ Comical Duets — לידער פֿון בוידעם 6\ די בעסטע פֿון 78 פּלאַטן קאָמיקאַל דועטס)
Track ID:
36098
Voca:
Hoffman, Anna
Vocal:
Jacobs, Jacob — זשאַקאָבס, זשאַקאָב
First line:
Sam, az di..hot zikh gekrikt a brive fun amerike, "vus zogtst zi"? "
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Sketch/Theater/Comedy/Humor/Vaudville/Song/Duet
Length:
3:15

Moyshe Kapoyer Muft — משה קאַפּויער מופֿט

Genre:
Humor/Comedy/Vaudeville/Song/Duet
Subject:
Eviction/Furniture/Street
Additional song notes:
Moyshe Kapoyer (Moyshe "Upside Down" Moves [is evicted])
On album:
A-060(d) (Songs From the Attic/ Lider Fun Boydem 6/ The Best of 78 Records/ Comical Duets — לידער פֿון בוידעם 6\ די בעסטע פֿון 78 פּלאַטן קאָמיקאַל דועטס)
Track ID:
36097
Vocal:
Hoffman, Anna
Vocal:
Jacobs, Jacob — זשאַקאָבס, זשאַקאָב
First line:
Moyshe, vos iz dos, un der furnitur in street, ver hot undz aroysgeshtelt?
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Sketch/Theater/Comedy/Humor/Vaudville/Song/Duet
Length:
2:21